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Advanced Select Every Nth Item v2.0: Smarter Selection Patterns in Illustrator 🎯

One of the most time-consuming tasks in Illustrator is managing selections—especially when working with large grids, checkerboard layouts, or repeated elements. The Advanced Select Every Nth Item v2.0 script solves this problem elegantly, giving designers precise control over how objects are selected. Whether you’re building complex patterns, animating assets, or organizing layouts, this script adds…

HUD Ring Generator Script for Adobe Illustrator

Overview The HUD Ring Generator is an advanced Illustrator script designed to generate dynamic and customizable rings that can be used in various design projects, including user interfaces (UI), infographics, or artistic compositions. This script provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for easy customization of ring count, radius, thickness, gaps, and styles. Features Installation Usage Guide 1.…

Advanced HUD Circular Generator v2.0 for Adobe Illustrator

Create Futuristic UI, Sci-Fi Interfaces, Gauges & Circular Data Visualizations in Seconds Designing high-quality circular HUD elements in Adobe Illustrator can be time-consuming when done manually. Aligning tick marks, distributing values along arcs, rotating labels correctly, and managing subdivisions often requires repetitive calculations and precise positioning. The Advanced HUD Circular Generator v2.0 script eliminates that…

Circle Packing Adobe Illustrator Script

The Circle Packer Pro script is more than a utility—it’s a creative catalyst. Automating the tedious process of circle distribution frees designers to focus on composition, color, and storytelling. Whether you’re crafting bold posters, intricate patterns, or animated sequences, this script is a must-have in your Illustrator toolkit. In the ever-evolving world of graphic and…

Connect All Points – Adobe Illustrator Script

Originally created by John Wundes, this script takes any selected path item and draws a line from every point to every other point. The result? Intricate webs of connections that transform ordinary shapes into mesmerizing mandalas, starbursts, or abstract networks. How It Works Creative Applications

Numerate Points – Adobe Illustrator Script

Numerates the selected points in the document by placing colored circle markers and corresponding number labels next to each point. It provides a dialog to adjust the marker diameter, font size, and positional offsets relative to the point.Usage: With an Illustrator document open, select one or more points (by selecting anchors on paths) and run…

Triangulator Pro: Next-Level Triangle & Voronoi Pattern Generator for Adobe Illustrator

Triangulator Pro is a powerful, free Adobe Illustrator script that transforms vector shapes into dynamic triangulated patterns and organic Voronoi meshes with a single click. Whether you’re creating low-poly art, generative backgrounds, or abstract geometric textures, this script brings complex mathematical pattern generation straight into your Illustrator workflow — no manual point plotting required. 🎨…

Advanced Sequential Value Builder

A Powerful Chart & Scale Generator for Adobe Illustrator Creating clean, consistent numeric scales in Adobe Illustrator can be surprisingly time-consuming. Whether you’re building infographics, UI mockups, data visualizations, timelines, pricing tables, or technical diagrams, manually typing and aligning sequential values is repetitive and error-prone. Advanced Sequential Value Builder v3.0 solves that problem with a…

Batch Resize Paths by Pixels – Adobe Illustrator Script

Designers often need to resize vector paths in absolute units rather than percentages. Adobe Illustrator’s default scaling tools work in percentages, which can be limiting when you want to add or subtract a specific number of pixels, millimeters, or points. This custom script solves that problem by introducing a pixel‑based resizing workflow. What the Script…

Adobe Illustrator Triangle Maker Script

Adobe Illustrator is a powerhouse for vector graphics, but creating precise geometric shapes like triangles often requires manual calculations or drawing tools that aren’t always straightforward.Enter Triangle Maker (Unified UI), a script that simplifies the process by allowing you to generate triangles using mathematical inputs, such as side lengths and angle measures. Based on earlier…

Illustrator Script – Split Paths into Layers in Adobe Illustrator

Automate Your Workflow: Split Paths into Layers in Adobe Illustrator If you’ve ever worked with complex vector artwork in Adobe Illustrator, you know how messy things can get — dozens (or hundreds) of paths stacked inside a single layer. Editing, animating, or exporting these elements individually becomes a nightmare. That’s exactly why I wrote a…

Pixel‑Perfect Parliament Diagrams in Adobe Illustrator

Title: Pixel‑Perfect Parliament Diagrams in Adobe Illustrator — A Practical Guide for Graphic and Motion Designers If you’ve ever tried to lay out hundreds of perfectly spaced dots in a clean semicircle, you know how fiddly it can be. Parliament (a.k.a. hemicycle) diagrams look simple, but getting the bottom edge to read as a smooth…

Dynamic Color Filler Illustrator Script

Stop Coloring Objects Manually: The Illustrator Script Every Designer Needs As a graphic designer, you know that some of the most impactful visuals come from data. Whether it’s a seating chart for a parliament, a map showing population density, or a simple bar graph, data visualization is powerful. But let’s be honest: the process can…

How to Convert ReactSVGIcons JSX into Editable Vectors in Adobe Illustrator

Here’s a full article draft you can publish, followed by SEO-optimized keywords: How to Convert ReactSVGIcons JSX into Editable Vectors in Adobe Illustrator If you’ve ever used ReactSVGIcons or similar libraries, you’ve probably noticed that the generated code isn’t directly usable inside Adobe Illustrator. The problem is that Illustrator requires pure SVG markup, while React…

Create Halftone from Raster Images – Illustrator Tutorial

Before we start although it is not fully necessary it’s a good practice to set our image resolution with multiplies of two. Here in this example we used 1000x1000px. You can change the settings. (Please note that if you have too many tiles (In this example we have 100×100 = 10000) it can take a…

Redraw Path with Equal Distanced Points

The Equal Distance Points Generator is a powerful Adobe Illustrator script that redraws selected paths with evenly spaced points while intelligently preserving the original path structure. It solves the common problem of uneven point distribution in vector paths, allowing for more consistent editing and effects. Whether working with geometric shapes like rectangles and squares or…

Rename Artboard Illustrator Script

This script allows you to rename all artboard names at once in Adobe Illustrator. With this script, you can replace, add, or modify the numbering and text of your artboard names. It also supports regular expressions for advanced renaming options.

Simple Color Picker ScriptUI for Adobe Applications

This ScriptUI-based color picker script creates a simple user interface for selecting colors in Adobe applications. Developed by Mehmet Sensoy, the script features two color buttons that display the currently selected color with custom drawing functions. Users can click either button to open the native color picker, and the chosen color is converted to a…

Create an Arc with Specified Number of Anchor Points – Illustrator Script

This Adobe Illustrator script creates a smooth arc with a specified number of anchor points. It features an integrated ScriptUI dialog that allows users to input parameters such as the number of anchor points, radius, start angle, and end angle. The script centers the arc within the active document’s artboard and calculates smooth in/out handles…

Duplicate Along Circle Script for Adobe Illustrator

This script for Adobe Illustrator automates the duplication of a selected object along a circular path. It checks if an object is selected, prompts for the number of copies, calculates the appropriate radius based on the object’s dimensions, and then creates duplicates evenly spaced and rotated along the circle. Ideal for creating radial designs quickly…

Scripts in Adobe Illustrator are powerful automation tools that allow users to perform repetitive tasks, enhance workflows, and extend Illustrator’s capabilities. These scripts are written in JavaScript (ExtendScript), AppleScript (macOS only), or VBScript (Windows only) and can be executed directly within Illustrator.

Key Benefits of Using Scripts:

  • Automate repetitive tasks (e.g., batch exporting, renaming layers).
  • Enhance precision and efficiency (e.g., precise object alignment, automated resizing).
  • Extend Illustrator’s functionality beyond built-in tools.
  • Save time by reducing manual work in complex workflows.

How to Run a Script in Illustrator:

  1. Go to: File > Scripts > Other Script...
  2. Select a script (.jsx, .js, .vbs, or .applescript).
  3. Click Open to execute the script.

Common Use Cases for Scripts:

  • Batch Processing: Export multiple files in different formats.
  • Automation: Create guides, distribute objects, or apply effects automatically.
  • Data-driven Graphics: Generate charts, barcodes, or procedural designs.
  • Custom Tools: Develop new features not available in Illustrator by default.

Illustrator scripts can greatly improve efficiency, making them essential for designers, especially those working with large or repetitive projects.