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by bens
Fri Oct 15, 2021 10:14 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Invisible data on page
Replies: 2
Views: 2502

Re: Invisible data on page

I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to do exactly, but I think you can use some of these actions: * Select (or Remove) invisible objects without fill or stroke. This will check for line art or text that have both fill and stroke off and hence won't print anything. * Select objects that are ...
by bens
Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:34 am
Forum: Action Lists
Topic: if....else
Replies: 4
Views: 7460

Re: if....else

That sounds like a job for Switch. PitStop itself does not have a way to process a document or not, depending on its content.

In Switch you can use PitStop Server to log the presence of an object and then route the object differently depending on that result.
by bens
Fri Sep 17, 2021 4:15 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Select NEXT Page
Replies: 2
Views: 4576

Re: Select NEXT Page

The only way I currently see to do this would be in two steps, using Switch automation to connect the dots. First log all the pages with a green box and create an xml report. Read that report to get the page numbers of those pages, add 1, and use the result in a variable set to select the pages you ...
by bens
Fri Sep 17, 2021 4:01 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: UTC date & date
Replies: 3
Views: 5530

Re: UTC date & date

The "UTC" part indeed does not change the format of the date, it only refers to the time zone. Depending on where you are in the world this can be a difference of several hours, making the date different in the hours around midnight. There is currently no way to force the format of the dat...
by bens
Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:55 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: copying image from one file to another
Replies: 5
Views: 6991

Re: copying image from one file to another

Hi Steve-O, try using Ctrl/Cmd + arrow keys. Ctrl + Shift + arrow keys for larger steps.
by bens
Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:51 pm
Forum: Action Lists
Topic: if....else
Replies: 4
Views: 7460

Re: if....else

There is no explicit if...else in Action Lists, but implicitly the selection does that for you. Select images Select by ink coverage AND Apply DeviceLink This will apply the DeviceLink only on the selected objects - and the only selected objects are images with ink coverage over 300%. The AND select...
by bens
Fri Aug 27, 2021 4:09 pm
Forum: Action Lists
Topic: Choose from Dropdown during running Action possible?
Replies: 4
Views: 3922

Re: Choose from Dropdown during running Action possible?

Hmm I don't think that's going to be possible with a single Action List. You'll probably have to make a second Action List, this time with two "Select spot color" actions (combine them with an OR operator), and two different variables. Then if you run that one you'll get two dropdowns.
by bens
Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:27 am
Forum: Action Lists
Topic: Choose from Dropdown during running Action possible?
Replies: 4
Views: 3922

Re: Choose from Dropdown during running Action possible?

It looks like you're using the action "Select spot color by name"? If so, you can enable variables in that action. First create a variable set with the spot colour names / languages you want. If you're in PitStop Pro that is in the Preferences pane - Variable Sets. In PitStop Server it's W...
by bens
Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:15 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Stored Color Swatches Inspector
Replies: 6
Views: 4411

Re: Stored Color Swatches Inspector

Create a new rectangle or select any line art in a PDF. Use the inspector to change its fill or stroke colour to white. Then click the swatch you want to remove so it is selected, and click the "Store Swatch" button.
by bens
Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:36 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: select specific pages and remove
Replies: 3
Views: 3629

Re: select specific pages and remove

If you're working interactively in PitStop Pro you can go to the page you want to process and in the processing panel before you click the big Run button change the dropdown from "Complete document" to "Current page". With that dropdown you can even run Action Lists on only the o...
by bens
Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:29 am
Forum: Preflighting
Topic: drill hole dieline safety margin
Replies: 1
Views: 4506

Re: drill hole dieline safety margin

If the drill holes are objects on the PDF page you can select them and then select overlapping objects, perhaps combined with a select text. If anything is selected you know there's an issue.

Or you could do the same with select in region if you know where the holes are going to be.
by bens
Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:29 pm
Forum: Flows
Topic: Separate spot colors from process
Replies: 2
Views: 3293

Re: Separate spot colors from process

PDF layers support "visibility expressions". With this you can put objects in multiple layers, and only show them if both layers are on, or show them when either layer is on, or show them when one layer is on but the other is off, etc. These visibility expressions can be quite complex and ...
by bens
Wed May 19, 2021 12:29 pm
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: In Pitstop pro profile working fine but in Pitstop server same profile there is color variation in graphics
Replies: 5
Views: 8236

Re: In Pitstop pro profile working fine but in Pitstop server same profile there is color variation in graphics

In your screenshot of the Preflight Profile editor colour management is not set. That means the application-specific colour management settings will be used. This is not really clear in the UI unfortunately. In PitStop Server colour management is set in two places: 1. The Preferences: menu bar - Win...
by bens
Wed May 12, 2021 9:41 am
Forum: Flows
Topic: Metadata Logging Data from Pitstop Report Log
Replies: 2
Views: 2999

Re: Metadata Logging Data from Pitstop Report Log

Version 3 XML reports should have an element "ColorType" with all the information you need. Version 1 and 2 reports probably have the same information in there somewhere, but it'll be much harder to find. I strongly recommend using v3 reports.
by bens
Mon May 10, 2021 10:05 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Page Scaling Factor
Replies: 2
Views: 4166

Re: Page Scaling Factor

Sometimes when PitStop Pro changes things in the document, Acrobat doesn't refresh correctly. Sometimes that's Acrobat being stupid, sometimes it's PitStop not telling Acrobat to update.

Glad you found it :).