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Switches the spot colors in the specified swatch group to the spot color values of the selected group. Adobe Illustrator script
/*
Switches the spot colors in the specified swatch group to the spot color values of the selected group or by index matching
Discussion: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/a-script-to-look-at-one-group-og-swatches-and-replace-with-another-group-of-swatches/td-p/14070309
Author: Sergey Osokin, email: hi@sergosokin.ru
Check my other scripts: https://github.com/creold
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*/
//@target illustrator
app.preferences.setBooleanPreference('ShowExternalJSXWarning', false); // Fix drag and drop a .jsx file
// Main function
function main() {
var destName = 'Working Pallete'; // Edit destination group name
if (!documents.length) return;
var doc = app.activeDocument;
try {
var destGroup = doc.swatchGroups.getByName(destName);
} catch (e) {
alert('Group ' + destName + ' not found');
return;
}
var swGroups = [];
for (var i = 0; i < doc.swatchGroups.length; i++) {
if (doc.swatchGroups[i].name !== '') {
swGroups.push(doc.swatchGroups[i].name);
}
}
if (swGroups.length == 0) {
alert('No swatch groups found');
return;
}
var win = new Window('dialog', 'Swatches Replacement');
win.alignChildren = 'fill';
win.add('statictext', undefined, 'Destination: ' + destName);
var swList = win.add('dropdownlist', undefined, swGroups);
swList.selection = 0;
var isByOrder = win.add('checkbox', undefined, 'Replace by swatches order');
var btns = win.add('group');
var cancelBtn = btns.add('button', undefined, 'Cancel', {name: 'cancel'});
var rplcBtn = btns.add('button', undefined, 'Replace Colors', {name: 'ok'});
cancelBtn.onClick = win.close;
rplcBtn.onClick = function() {
var selGroup = swList.selection.text;
if (selGroup === destName) {
alert('Select a group other than destination');
return;
}
replaceSwatches(destGroup, selGroup, isByOrder.value);
win.close();
};
win.show();
}
function replaceSwatches(dest, src, isByOrder) {
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var isRgb = /rgb/i.test(doc.documentColorSpace);
try {
var selGroup = doc.swatchGroups.getByName(src);
} catch (e) {
alert('Group ' + src + ' not found');
return;
}
var destColors = dest.getAllSwatches();
var selColors = selGroup.getAllSwatches();
for (var j = 0; j < destColors.length; j++) {
var sw = destColors[j];
var name = sw.name.toLowerCase();
if (isNotSpot(sw)) continue;
if (isByOrder) {
if (selColors[j] && !isNotSpot(selColors[j])) replaceColor(sw, selColors[j], isRgb);
} else {
for (var k = 0; k < selColors.length; k++) {
var selSw = selColors[k];
if (isNotSpot(selSw)) continue;
if (selSw.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(name) != -1) {
replaceColor(sw, selSw, isRgb);
}
}
}
}
}
function isNotSpot(sw) {
return sw.color.typename !== 'SpotColor';
}
function replaceColor(sw1, sw2, isRgb) {
var c1 = sw1.color.spot.color;
var c2 = sw2.color.spot.color;
if (isRgb) {
c1.red = c2.red;
c1.green = c2.green;
c1.blue = c2.blue;
} else {
c1.cyan = c2.cyan;
c1.magenta = c2.magenta;
c1.yellow = c2.yellow;
c1.black = c2.black;
}
}
// Run script
try {
main();
} catch (e) {}
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creold commented Sep 10, 2023

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New version — ColorGroupReplacer.
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replaceSwatchGroup

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