Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@reficedev
Created November 20, 2015 07:25
Show Gist options
  • Save reficedev/f20398d301014bfd10d6 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save reficedev/f20398d301014bfd10d6 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
/*
<javascriptresource>
<name>Save as SVG</name>
<about>Name a layer or layerset with .svg to convert it.</about>
</javascriptresource>
*/
var SvgWiz = SvgWiz || {
settings : {
scriptName : 'svgexport',
doc : app.activeDocument,
projectPath : app.activeDocument.path,
layers : app.activeDocument.layers,
svgFile : null,
svgColor : null,
exportOpts : new ExportOptionsIllustrator(),
currentLayer : null,
svgLayers : []
},
getSettings : function(){
return this.settings;
},
setSetting : function(key, val){
return this.settings[key] = val;
},
getLayerFillColor : function(){
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID( "contentLayer" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ));
var ref1= executeActionGet( ref );
var list = ref1.getList( charIDToTypeID( "Adjs" ) ) ;
var solidColorLayer = list.getObjectValue(0);
var color = solidColorLayer.getObjectValue(charIDToTypeID('Clr '));
var fillcolor = new SolidColor;
fillcolor.rgb.red = color.getDouble(charIDToTypeID('Rd '));
fillcolor.rgb.green = color.getDouble(charIDToTypeID('Grn '));
fillcolor.rgb.blue = color.getDouble(charIDToTypeID('Bl '));
this.setSetting('svgColor', fillcolor.rgb);
},
exportToIll : function(){
var s = this.getSettings(),
opts = s.exportOpts;
// create svgFile
var svgPath = s.projectPath + '/' + s.currentLayer.name + '.ai';
this.setSetting('svgFile', new File(svgPath));
opts.path = IllustratorPathType.NAMEDPATH;
opts.pathName = s.currentLayer.name; // ** Adobe bug, this does not work, regardless of name it uses the doc.activeLayer
s.doc.exportDocument(s.svgFile, ExportType.ILLUSTRATORPATHS, opts);
},
openWithBridgeTalk : function(){
var s = this.getSettings();
// start bridgeTalk to communicate with illustrator
var bt = new BridgeTalk();
bt.target = "illustrator";
bt.body = "var dtOpts = new OpenOptions();"; // create new object for opening options
bt.body += "dtOpts.createArtboardWithArtworkBoundingBox = false;"; // pass parameter to object
bt.body += "dtOpts.convertCropAreaToArboard = false;"; // pass parameter to object
bt.body += "dtOpts.preserveLegacyArtboard = false;"; // pass parameter to object
bt.body += "app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;"; // turn off dialogs so there are no interruptions in the script
bt.body += "app.open(" + s.svgFile.toSource() + ", DocumentColorSpace.RGB, dtOpts);"; // open exported file from PS
bt.body += "var mySelection = app.activeDocument.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();"; // need to select the path object
bt.body += "var currentPath = app.activeDocument.selection[0].pathItems[0];"; // get current pathItem (the shape)
bt.body += "var col = new RGBColor(); col.red = "+ s.svgColor.red +"; col.green = "+ s.svgColor.green +"; col.blue = "+ s.svgColor.blue+ ";"; // set new rgb color using values from PS
bt.body += "currentPath.fillColor = col;";
bt.body += "app.activeDocument.fitArtboardToSelectedArt(app.activeDocument.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex());"; // object -> artboards -> fit to artwork bounds
bt.body += "var destFolder = "+ s.projectPath.toSource() +";";
bt.body += "var targetFile = new File( destFolder + '/' + "+ s.currentLayer.name.toSource() +");"; // name file from PS layer name
bt.body += "app.activeDocument.exportFile(targetFile, ExportType.SVG);"; // save as svg
bt.body += "app.activeDocument.close();"; // close file
bt.send(); // submits BT
},
getAllSVGLayers : function(node){
var s = this.getSettings();
for(var i=0; i < node.layers.length; i++){
var layer = node.layers[i];
if (layer.typename == 'LayerSet'){
// its a group, send it back to be looped through
SvgWiz.getAllSVGLayers(layer);
} else {
// its a single layer, check if named .svg and a solid fill layer
if (layer.name.indexOf('.svg') !== -1 && layer.kind == 'LayerKind.SOLIDFILL') {
s.svgLayers.push(layer);
}
}
}
},
init : function(){
var s = this.getSettings();
this.getAllSVGLayers(s.doc);
var svgLayers = s.svgLayers;
if (svgLayers.length < 1) {
alert('You need to add some layers to convert. Make sure they are named with .svg');
return;
}
for(var i=0; i < svgLayers.length; i++) {
var layer = svgLayers[i];
SvgWiz.setSetting('currentLayer', layer);
s.doc.activeLayer = s.currentLayer; // make this the activelayer in the doc because of bug that won't let you export ill. paths by name
this.getLayerFillColor();
this.exportToIll();
this.openWithBridgeTalk();
}
}
};
SvgWiz.init();
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment