[Chris Hillman]

UPDATE: I have upgraded to CS3, and you no longer have to edit the jsx file anyway, as CS3 appears to allow 50,000 files to batch trace.

I am still annoyed that I couldn’t figure out how to adapt Aharon’s tutorial for Mac. I’m usually better at that sort of thing. 🙂

So, using CS3 I’ve duplicated Aharon’s workflow, adding in a step to batch process the ai files into jpegs. I then string those together to Image Sequence movies using Quicktime Pro, and edit using Final Cut. So far, so good.

“Like flaming globes, Sigmund…”

[Chris Hillman]

Hi all. Planning to shoot a short, and add lots of juicy effects a la “Scanner Darkly.” Found a great tutorial by Aharon Rabinowitz which utilizes Illustrator CS2 to do just that. HOWEVER… a problem!

My comments here regard the file which ought to be residing at the described path at 1:57 in this tutorial: https://forums.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/cartoon_look/Cartoon_Part_2/index.htm

I have to alter a crucial script. No problem; I did it at work today on a PC (using the PC path). Now, I’m on my Mac. The suggested path is: (System Drive) > Library > Application Support > Adobe > Startup Scripts… I have navigated to that path on my system (1.67 GHZ PowerBook G4). No such file.

I searched under Spotlight, and found a “LiveTrace.js” file under Applications > Adobe Illustrator CS2 > Presets > Scripts. Its icon indicates that it wishes to open with Dreamweaver. It’s only a short script which is identical to a prompt received when I’m in an Illustrator session and I navigate to File > Scripts > Livetrace. It’s an “exclamation” which states: You can batch trace files using Bridge. Please look under Tools > Illustrator > Live Trace… in Bridge for complete options. Then you click “OK.”

But it’s not as though I don’t HAVE the Live Trace feature. It’s definitely there inside Illustrator. Just can’t find the jsx file. Any thoughts?

“Like flaming globes, Sigmund…”