Illustrator Export Help!

Question

Hey all,
This is probably a stupid question but I'm in Illustrator and I'm trying to export a project to .jpg, but when I do, I have images sticking out of the artboard borders. there's a huge white border around my artboard. How do I crop the final image, or export so only the items on the artboard are seen?
Any help would be great!
Courtney

Answer 1

You need a script to clip to artboard.
This is only a code segment, need to be tested its a start.. the last line has the
"export current document to file export_File_Path as JPEG with options {class:JPEG export options, quality:80, horizontal scaling:700, vertical scaling:700, matte:false, artboard clipping:true}"
-- Get the File Path of Current Illustrator File
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
  activate
  set current_Illustrator_document_Path to (file path of current document) as text
end tell
-- Get the Name of the File
set text item delimiters to ":"
set current_Illustrator_document_File to last text item of current_Illustrator_document_Path as text
-- Create the Name we will export to
set export_File_Name to ((text 1 thru -4 of current_Illustrator_document_File) & ".jpg") as text
-- Get the Name minus file extension
set export_Base_File_Name to (text 1 thru -4 of current_Illustrator_document_File) as text
-- Parse the Size Code from file name
set text item delimiters to " "
set sizeCode to last text item of export_Base_File_Name as text
-- Get the Containing Folder path from File Path
set text item delimiters to ":"
set fileLocation to text items 1 thru -2 of current_Illustrator_document_Path as text
-- Guess the name Illustrator will actually export the file to (spaces become hyphens)
set ourText to export_File_Name
set findThis to " "
set replaceItWith to "-"
set newText to switchText of ourText from findThis to replaceItWith
to switchText of theText from SearchString to ReplaceString
  set OldDelims to AppleScript's AppleScript's text item delimiters
  set AppleScript's AppleScript's text item delimiters to SearchString
  set newText to text items of theText
  set AppleScript's AppleScript's text item delimiters to ReplaceString
  set newText to newText as text
  set AppleScript's AppleScript's text item delimiters to OldDelims
  return newText
end switchText
set exported_File_Name to newText as text
-- Guess the Path of the File Illustrator will Export
set exported_File_Path to (fileLocation & ":" & exported_File_Name) as text
-- Define the Name we Wanted Illustrator to export (with spaces)
set export_File_Path to (fileLocation & ":" & export_File_Name) as text
export current document to file export_File_Path as JPEG with options {class:JPEG export options, quality:80, horizontal scaling:700, vertical scaling:700, matte:false, artboard clipping:true}
  end tell