Comments on: Swapping Color Swatches with Swatch Switcher

By: TomL

TomL — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:56:35 +0000

I found an illustrator pms chart 32×30 inch with a few 1000 swatches (http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=1045639). They are all coated. I would like to see if I could adjust the script above to replace all the coated swatches with their corresponding uncoated ones so we could test our rip on uncoated epson proofing paper. Any ideas would be appreciated.

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:41:39 +0000

What if I want to keep the extra swatches in my template so my designers use the same bank of colors over time?

By: InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » Grouping Color Swatches

InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » Grouping Color Swatches — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:52:25 +0000

[...] a bunch of different ASE files, then swap them out. The trick to that is a script, which you can read about it this old post by Russell [...]

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:37:47 +0000

Thanks so much for this script. I have to make docs with a variety of colors and this makes it so easy to change. A nice enhancement would be a command in it to load a specific .ase file. Then one could have variations of the script named red, yellow, blue, green, purple etc…

By: Uwe Laubender

Uwe Laubender — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:03:07 +0000

Thank you Steve for contributing that script. However, if you are not working with an english version of InDesign the script will fail detecting the “copy” status of the swatch you want to apply.
Still I have not found an universal method for all localized version of InDesign, but I came to a solution for my german version:
1. step:
instead of “copy” just write “Kopie” in the following line of code. For the german version from:
if (myTempStringSlice == ‘copy’)
to:
if (myTempStringSlice == ‘Kopie’)
2. step:
because the new word “Kopie” has a character count of 5 instead of 4 you have to change the following line of code accordingly from:
myTempStringSlice = myTempString.slice((myTempString.length-4), myTempString.length);
to:
myTempStringSlice = myTempString.slice((myTempString.length-5), myTempString.length);
3. step:
The same is true for the next line of code.
From:
myTempStringSlice = myTempString.slice((myTempString.length-5), myTempString.length);
to:
myTempStringSlice = myTempString.slice((myTempString.length-6), myTempString.length);
Just save the script under a new name like “swatch_switch_DE.jsx”.

By: Sam Richardson

Sam Richardson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:57:07 +0000

Thanks for the helpful tip. Have an unusual situation that maybe someone can help me with.
I inherited a template for a client that uses only spot colors and will stay that way. This template will be repurposed for a number of projects that will have various color schemes, also only using spot colors (btw, all will be Pantone Standard).
All the Paragraph, Character, and Object Styles use these colors, as well as Master Pages.
Question, Can I use this to swap out one swatch (using a Pantone Spot color) for another (also using a Panton Spot)?
thanks
Sam

By: InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » InDesignSecrets Podcast 081

InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » InDesignSecrets Podcast 081 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:12:45 +0000

[...] New design for InDesignSecrets.com blog * Free script extravaganza: Swatch Switcher, Label Graphics, Swap Object Positions, IndexMatic (beta) to index on character styles, Select [...]

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:57:06 +0000

Or you can see what he looks like about 1:10 into the Transparencide video.

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:59:30 +0000

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By: Russell Viers

Russell Viers — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:55:22 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, Pat. What you don’t know is that the script also pings your PayPal account for $7.34 every time you use it…and sends it to me.
Feel free to use the script regularly and tell your friends, as well.