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Hi magnussandstrom,
thank you for your solution.
It's really not very elegant, but it works. If it could be more automated, it would be nice.
For such small tasks I would like Pitstop to support Javascript. Because Switch is too expensive for only occasional tasks.

Hello, I am looking for a way to number sheets consecutively. Similar to the text variable for the page number, a consecutive number should be assigned for each sheet. So for pages 1 and 2 the sheet number 1, for pages 3 and 4 the sheet number 2 and so on. How do I have to build my action list for t...

Hi CruzinCooler, have you tried Acrobat's preflight? For example, to convert rgb data to CMYK you can use the supplied profile "Convert color to Coated FOGRA39 (convert spot colors to CMYK)", which uses the target profile "Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004)". https://abload.de/img...

Here I have knitted a quick and dirty solution.
Maybe it helps.

When executing the action list, make sure that the show results option is enabled so that the messages appear.

Action list for testing: https://magentacloud.de/s/HjMztnXrT6GKCMg

To avoid transparencies, I found another way: Since the non-indexed grayscale images cannot be changed in halftone, I first convert them to CMYK black and then to the indexed color space, after which I convert them back to grayscale. Now as an indexed grayscale image the tone value can be reduced. S...

Ohh yes, I made the wrong selection. Now it works. I use in the actionlist:

Select 1-Bit images
Select indexed images
NOT
Change transparency


Thank you very much.

Changing the alpha channel value works with the inspector. Have you tried this inside an action list? It doesn't seem to work within an action list. Since I want to automate this, processing via an action list would be desirable. https://abload.de/img/bild4mwj98.png (You can upload images somewhere ...

Hi CruzinCooler, nice research, thanks. I've also noticed that the image in question is a non-indexed grayscale image. I wonder if that's the reason why it can't be reduced in halftone? https://abload.de/img/bild5zujv6.png I tried converting the image to an indexed grayscale image but was unsuccessf...

Ok, may be it's a 1-Bit image per channel.
This is the same with the left image, and cannot be the reason that tone reduction does not work.

Hi bens,

where do you get the information that the image is a 1-bit image?
PitStop recognizes it as a grayscale image, not black/white.



And thanks for your workaround, I will try it.

I think the main problem here is not the repeatability of all 16 pages, but getting the pages in the right order for a thread-stitched booklet. Once this problem is solved, you can then use the "Reorder Pages" action to order the pages to the booklet. For a 16-page booklet with a total of ...

Hello, I have two grayscale images that I want to reduce in halftone. To do this, I use the Action "Apply Transfer curve", which correctly reduces one image for me, but not the other. https://abload.de/img/bild1khjhk.png https://abload.de/img/bild2bwklk.png My PDF: https://magentacloud.de/...

Hi,

I don't have a PitStop solution either.
But for the grouped layers there is a JavaScript "InDesign Fixups" for Adobe Acrobat that solves this problem.

https://www.uvsar.com/projects/acrobat/indesignfixups/

It would be splendid to be able to use for calculations: (just some ideas of mine) %Trim Box Width% %Trim Box Height% %Selection Width% %Selection Height% Yes, that would be great - I'm right there with you. I had also suggested this before for a similar requirement: https://forum.enfocus.com/viewt...

Ahh, ok, now I understand. Although the colors have a name, they are not really spot colors. Now if I import an *.ase color library into Illustrator and define the colors there as a spot color, and then export the colors back as an ase color library, then PitStop will recognize this imported colors ...