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Proof Color List
Overview
This PowerScript creates a list of colors from your document, perfect for quickly listing colors on approval forms or in asset documentation.
- Create lists from selected shapes or swatches.
- Only list Spot colors or include process colors as well.
- Select the layout including font size, rows and columns.
- Choose any shape to be the swatch.
Why is it needed
For approval forms, specifications sheets and the like the designer often needs to create a list of colors used in the artwork , this script simplifies the process. It can also pickup colors that should not be in the artwork, because the will also be listed.
Interface
Options Tab
Option | Description |
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Source | Select the source of the colours, Selection is the current selection in Illustrator, All Swatches or just selected Swatches |
Include process colors | If ticked then all colours will be listed, if un-ticked then just Spot colors will be listed |
Include full color breakdown | By default the name of the color is used, ticking this option will show the actual color formula in RGB, CMYK or Lab |
Layout Tab
Option | Description |
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Font | The font used |
Font Size | the font size used |
Text left padding | This is the space between the color swatch shape the color name |
Text Offset | This is a vertical offset, which can be positive or negative, used the align the text to the color swatch shape |
Vertical gutter | The vertical space between color samples |
Shape | This is code used to generate the shape for the swatch shape. To create your own custom swatch shape, select a shape in illustrator and press the Use Selected Shape as Preview button |
Rows | The maximum number of vertical rows |
Column Gutter | The distance between columns |
Move to a default position on the artboard | Normally the color list is just placed under the current selection or artboard, choose this to move to a default X,Y position which corresponds to your approval form. |