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by bens
Mon May 02, 2022 3:39 pm
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: Problem with Pitstop Server CMM
Replies: 3
Views: 6762

Re: Problem with Pitstop Server CMM

Did you set the colour management settings only in the PitStop Server preferences, or also on the PitStop Server configurator in Switch? The configurator does not use the preferences from PitStop Server, it uses its own settings. It looks like the conversion was done with CMM disabled, which is the ...
by bens
Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:17 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Path edition: how to add direction handles to a path point?
Replies: 4
Views: 4856

Re: Path edition: how to add direction handles to a path point?

It is possible actually; PitStop is even better than you think ;-) Select the point using the "Edit Path" tool. Make sure you actually have one or more anchor points selected, and not just the path. Then in the PitStop Pro menu go to Object - Set Curve Anchor Point. The handle bars will ap...
by bens
Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:19 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Convert bunch of RGB images in PDF into specific ICC CMYK
Replies: 4
Views: 2442

Re: Convert bunch of RGB images in PDF into specific ICC CMYK

I suppose it's not achievable with action command...?
It is. In the Action List editor look for "override color management settings".
by bens
Mon Apr 04, 2022 11:37 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Convert bunch of RGB images in PDF into specific ICC CMYK
Replies: 4
Views: 2442

Re: Convert bunch of RGB images in PDF into specific ICC CMYK

What you want is an Action List. There are many ways to approach this, but the easiest is probably this: Override colour management settings with as CMYK output profile the one you need. Select all Convert to CMYK Tag with ICC profile, again the one you need. You might want to exclude specific objec...
by bens
Mon Mar 28, 2022 6:14 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Split Paths In Pitstop
Replies: 2
Views: 1520

Re: Split Paths In Pitstop

If your path consists of separate subpaths you can just remove subpaths without affecting the rest of the path. Unselected subpaths are, by default, show with a yellow selection drawing when you select another subpath of the same path. However if I understand correctly it's more likely you want to c...
by bens
Mon Mar 28, 2022 6:05 pm
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: Splitting even paged PDFs in half saved as two files
Replies: 2
Views: 5802

Re: Splitting even paged PDFs in half saved as two files

PitStop Server is always 1 PDF in, 1 PDF out. It will never create multiple PDFs out of one input file. However, Switch has "Split PDF" tool, which supports variables. I couldn't immediately find a variable for the number of pages in the input file, but I might've just overlooked it. If al...
by bens
Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:27 pm
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Spot colors from imported color library not selectable
Replies: 4
Views: 4630

Re: Spot colors from imported color library not selectable

Your screenshot shows a defined _colour value_ and not a _spot colour_. A spot colour is really not a colour but a whole collection of colours: a tint of 1% Coca-Cola Red looks very different from 100% Coca-Cola Red. But in your screenshot you have the colour RGB 237, 188, 50. That is one specific c...
by bens
Thu Feb 10, 2022 10:08 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: color not selectable on text line
Replies: 4
Views: 3028

Re: color not selectable on text line

Objects that cannot be selected by PitStop are typically annotations. Try flattening annotations with an Action List. There are other possibilities, but that's the most likely.
by bens
Mon Jan 31, 2022 6:31 pm
Forum: Action Lists
Topic: operator NOT to select pages
Replies: 1
Views: 3882

Re: operator NOT to select pages

When you say you're using the standard action, do you mean you have two Action Lists in your hot folder: first your own with the select pages + NOT, then the standard Convert Color to Gray and Keep Black Text? If so that will not work because the standard Action Lists have been written to be indepen...
by bens
Mon Jan 31, 2022 6:14 pm
Forum: Preflighting
Topic: Pitstop check overlapping text
Replies: 5
Views: 9549

Re: Pitstop check overlapping text

The Action List "Find Overlapping Text" logs any objects that overlap any text. That is indeed not what it says it should do, so I'd consider that a bug. Luckily it's easy to fix: replace the "Select all" at the top with "Select text segments" (so you'd have two "S...
by bens
Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:07 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Send to back has disappeared
Replies: 6
Views: 4196

Re: Send to back has disappeared

It seems like Adobe indeed deployed an update to Acrobat, and you were one of the unlucky ones that got the build early. Long live continuous updates.

If you want you could report this on Adobe's UserVoice forum to help with visibility.
by bens
Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:14 am
Forum: Action Lists
Topic: Scale page (fill within 210x297 mm)
Replies: 1
Views: 3492

Re: Scale page (fill within 210x297 mm)

I think this could work: 1. Select all (or whatever selection you need) 2. Scale selection to trim box height, keep width proportional 3. Select objects inside trim box (inside only, not overlapping) 4. AND 5. Scale selection to trim box width, keep height proportional Step 2 will either give the si...
by bens
Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:39 am
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: Clarify Select All
Replies: 2
Views: 5777

Re: Clarify Select All

Oh and something else: there is normally just one "active" selection. You can think of this like a stack of plates. When you need a new plate you pick the top one, no matter how many are on the stack. So if you have "Select all + Select images + Change color" then the "Chang...
by bens
Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:35 am
Forum: PitStop Server
Topic: Clarify Select All
Replies: 2
Views: 5777

Re: Clarify Select All

This question touches on some technical details of how PitStop works. Specifically it is important to know that "Select all" selects all objects. So what is an object? Basically anything you can think of in a PDF. That includes text, images, line art, and shadings of course. But it also in...
by bens
Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:43 am
Forum: PitStop Pro
Topic: Changing Spot Colors to CMYK in Gradients
Replies: 3
Views: 4740

Re: Changing Spot Colors to CMYK in Gradients

Hi wgmeeker, You can remove those extra stops by dragging them down; I would not recommend this however. Those extra stops are being added in order to maintain the visual appearance of the gradient. In your example the original gradient has two colours defined: the green at the beginning and pinkish...