Arden Impact Palette Processor Notes

v1, 24 March 2015

Stephen Marsh

stephenamarsh@gmail.com

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This Adobe Illustrator action is intended to facilitate the use of Arden Impact 2014 One Up PDF CAD exports for use in graphic design and production in Adobe Illustrator.

The action will perform the following tasks:

* All stroked paths will be set to a weight of 0.25pt
* All stroked paths will be set to overprint
* Filled “Dimension” text paths will be set to overprint
* Each Arden Impact “palette” spot colour will be grouped and assigned to a layer of the same name
* The Arden Impact “Dimension” objects will be remapped to the Adobe Illustrator “Registration” swatch
* Document colour mode will be changed from RGB to CMYK


There are five variations to the action. To avoid errors, it is critical to match the action name to the swatches present in the PDF file:

Process: Crease, Cut, Dimension, Bleeds & Non print
Process: Crease, Cut, Bleeds & Dimension only
Process: Crease, Cut, Dimension & Non print only
Process: Crease, Cut & Dimension only
Process: Crease & Cut only