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Adobe Illustrator CS6 script that rasterizes every GroupItem from the first layer of active document to the separate png file.
function captureImage(fileName, document, clipRect) {
var fileOutput = new File("/tmp/exportpng/" + fileName);
var imageCaptureOptions = new ImageCaptureOptions();
imageCaptureOptions.resolution = 300;
imageCaptureOptions.transparency = true;
document.imageCapture(fileOutput, clipRect, imageCaptureOptions);
}
var docSource = app.activeDocument;
$.writeln("Document width: " + docSource.width + ", height: " + docSource.height);
var layer = docSource.activeLayer;
// Rasterize only first 3 items for debug purposes. Remove for release usage.
var groupItemsLength = layer.groupItems.length > 3 ? 3 : layer.groupItems.length;
for (var i = 0; i < groupItemsLength; i++) {
var groupItem = layer.groupItems[i];
var docTemp = app.documents.add(DocumentColorSpace.CMYK, app.activeDocument.width, app.activeDocument.height);
var layerTemp = docTemp.layers[0];
var groupItemTemp = groupItem.duplicate(layerTemp, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND);
var groupItemBounds = groupItemTemp.visibleBounds;
var groupItemLeft = groupItemBounds[0];
var groupItemTop = groupItemBounds[1];
var groupItemWidth = groupItemBounds[2] - groupItemBounds[0];
var groupItemHeight = groupItemBounds[1] - groupItemBounds[3];
captureImage(i + ".png", docTemp, groupItemTemp.visibleBounds);
$.writeln("left: " + groupItemLeft + ", top: " + groupItemTop + ", width: " + groupItemWidth + ", height: " + groupItemHeight);
docTemp.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}
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