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10 Free and Extremely Useful Illustrator Scripts

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There are a great deal of resources out there and in this post you will find 10 free and useful scripts for Illustrator!

Scripts?
Illustrator supports scripting from AppleScript, Visual Basic, JavaScript, and ExtendScript. When activated, these scripts perform operations within Illustrator or may involve other programs such as word processing, spreadsheet and database programs. You can use some of Illustrator’s scripts, downloaded scripts, or create your own scripts. For more info on scripting in Illustrator, check out the scripting documentation in the Adobe Illustrator CS3/Scripting folder.


This page guide you how to installing scripts and introduce 10 free + useful scripts [and download links],
such as ...

• Close All Paths / Close All Selected Paths
• Divide Text Frame
• Join Text Frames
• Fleurify
• Metaball
• CMYK to Pantone v.2
• Vary Hues / Randomize Colors
• Save File With Timestamps v.3
• Circle
• Swap Objects

Many of those scripts from www.wundes.com/ Please read about John's Scripts for Illustrator.
Mostly Javascripts for Illustrator 10 and later.
When you DOWNLOAD from wundes.com,
"Click here to download" WITH RIGHT CLICK-> SAVE LINK AS... ->

For more info on scripting in Illustrator, check out the scripting documentation in the Adobe Illustrator CS3/Scripting folder.

Motion Typography : Portal - Still Alive

Portal - Still Alive typography
Motion Typography by Trickster
http://trickster.tumblr.com/



Nice MotionTypo Vid.
The song "Still Alive" originally appeared at an ending of a video game Portal (part of Half-Life 2's Orange Box).'Still Alive' by Jonathan Coulton.
Sung by Ellen McLain (voice of GLaDOS and the turrets)


Portal - Still Alive typography from Trickster on Vimeo.

MagCloud

An on-demand self-publishing site.
Upload ur PDF then set a price.
MagCloud took orders, prints in HP Indigo and send in US mail to whom ordered.

I've never used this service but interesting..

Help page : http://magcloud.com/home/Help
customer service support page :http://getsatisfaction.com/magcloud#

issuu.com

issuu.com
Online portfolio viewer + publishing site.
very cool good service in free.

With Issuu you can…
• Upload any PDF file and have it instantly converted to an online publication.
• Join a living library where you and your friends comment, share and have fun.
• Enjoy online publications in crisp vector graphics and full screen mode.
• Post your publications on Facebook, MySpace, Blogger, LiveJournal, Orkut etc.
• Embed your publications with our non-branded standalone viewer or as a small preview.
• Reach your audience everywhere in the world with our one-click viral service.
Oh, did we mention that everything is free?

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Full Standalone Version w new window
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Mini embed version on blogger
click|> to Open + see inside

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You can upload your PDFs [up to 100MB or 100pages] and change bkgd colors.
You can embed to Blogger, Facebook, Myspace+ etc.
Read FAQ or ABOUT

Some advice..
Compose pages + PDFs @ InDesign
When you use effects [i.e. dropshadow], and looks Ok on PDF view,
Then, after uploading issuu, found out messed-up.omg...
To avoid that, you can [Export] a page or objects to EPS file
and make it to PSD file, then replace @ InDesign.

and it is book view, so your PDF must have a cover and a back page.