“Save for stocks” script

  It is always great to save some time and this script truely helps to save you time for more creative things than saving your vector illustrations in different formats. “Save for stocks” script for Adobe Illustrator manages saving a file package (EPS 8 and two JPEGS, bigger and smaller) for micro-stock websites. Now it is for you to download.

“Save for stocks” was written by my husband Alex for me. I’ve been using it for a couple of months and it works great. It is tested on Adobe Illustrator CS3, but it should work with other versions too. Works on both Mac OS and PC. It saves 3 files: EPS 8, big JPEG (minimum 2800×1900 px) for Istockphoto and small JPEG (500x…px) for Shutterstock.

How to install:

1) Download the script for free in ZIP format and decompress it;

2) Save the script in the Scripts folder (Illustrator CS3/Presets/Scripts);

3) Restart Illustrator.

4) Script appears in the Scripts menu (File > Scripts) of Illustrator and ready for use.

15 Apr 2009

Responses

  • 1. Flitter says:
    April 29th, 2009 at 11:41

    Hello, nice touch with this script, I have one question: do I need to rename file extension from .js to .jsx in order for script to work in CS3?

    Thanks

  • 2. Anna says:
    April 30th, 2009 at 13:39

    Привет!

    Хотела попробовать твой скрипт, но он у меня на CS2 отказывается работать:(
    Выдает:
    Error 9031: You must provide a file path for documents which have not been saved
    Line 48
    Doc. save ()

    Может твой муж в курсе, что это за ерунда такая. А то обидно…

  • 3. Alex says:
    May 1st, 2009 at 08:17

    Hi Flitter,

    No, you don’t have to rename the script. It works with extension .js in Oksancia’s CS3. Although I think that if you would rename it, it still should work :)

    Thanks for the interest!

  • 4. Alex says:
    May 1st, 2009 at 08:24

    Hi Anna,

    At the moment we don’t have a CS2 in the house. However, the script was initially tested for that version.

    It looks like you tried to use the script on an illustration that had not been saved yet. You must save your work to .ai file first. Then the script will save jpegs to the same folder.

    Hopefully this helps :) Please write if it still does not work.

  • 5. Anna says:
    May 1st, 2009 at 11:43

    Thank you, Alex

    Everything is workong now!

    Can I write about your script in my blog:
    anna-volkova.blogspot.com ?

  • 6. Anna says:
    May 1st, 2009 at 11:44

    I mean “working”

  • 7. Alex says:
    May 1st, 2009 at 13:22

    2 Anna,

    You are welcome :) Sure you can write about it. Thanks!

  • 8. Create a Vector Illustration and Prepare it for Micro-Stock Sale | Design-Tut+ says:
    May 3rd, 2009 at 17:04

    [...] an EPS8 file, 2800 px by 1900 px JPEG for iStockphoto and a smaller JPEG for Shutterstock. You can download it for free and read the instructions at my [...]

  • 9. nadiya says:
    May 4th, 2009 at 13:25

    Is it possible, to add keywords to a file in Adobe Illustrator and then to use your skript? (It’d be greate, if jpeg files were with keywords inside )

  • 10. Vector Illustration and Prepare it for MicroStock Sale | Design Tut+ says:
    May 4th, 2009 at 18:21

    [...] an EPS8 file, 2800 px by 1900 px JPEG for iStockphoto and a smaller JPEG for Shutterstock. You can download it for free and read the instructions at my [...]

  • 11. Alex says:
    May 6th, 2009 at 22:38

    Hi Nadiya,

    Thanks for the interest. It is a great idea to add keywords automatically to the saved files. However, I don’t know how to do that so far. As soon as I figure that out, the script will be modified :) Stay in touch!

  • 12. Anant says:
    May 16th, 2009 at 11:26

    Hi,

    AMAZING !!!!!

    This is really an amazing tool for stock. it saves lot of time .. :)

    Thanks,
    Anant

  • 13. Давыд says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 17:22

    Хорошая статья, как и все предыдущие были. Буду теперь и дальше следить .

  • 14. Becham says:
    June 27th, 2009 at 11:14

    В нашем офисе так нудно было, хорошо что нашел ваш сайт. Читаю с огромным интересом:)

  • 15. Stan says:
    June 30th, 2009 at 06:01

    cute script!! thanks! but does not save file info from AI file (( keywords, description…

  • 16. Олег says:
    July 1st, 2009 at 03:25

    И как автору не влом столько времени на написание статей тратить, мы конечно очень благодарны, но вот я лично на такой альтруизм не способен :)

  • 17. пaпa says:
    July 5th, 2009 at 04:30

    Конечно, автор сайта молодец! Пишите еще!

  • 18. Матвей says:
    July 10th, 2009 at 11:16

    Удачи вам! Я думаю у вас все получится :)

  • 19. кaппИ says:
    July 28th, 2009 at 03:22

    Решил Вам помочь и разослал ссылку на этот пост в соц. закладки. Надеюсь поднимется популярность ;)

  • 20. Рубен says:
    October 28th, 2009 at 23:02

    Все замечательно: и по стилю изложения, и по содержанию тоже. Так держать!

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