This Palette was designed to combine the steps needed to prepare a design and all its colourways as manageable size, close colour image files for non-AVA users to view. This is especially useful and a huge time saver for someone wishing to send digital proofs via email or low-res design and colourway cameos for a website.
Note: The saved jpeg files will use the currently specified JPEG settings when you last accessed the ‘JPEG options’ window. Should you wish to change the options on the fly whilst running the Palette (so the JPEG options appear as it saves each colourway jpeg), then go to AVA menu > Settings > Export. Make sure the ‘Do not show JPEG export dialog’ option is NOT ticked. Should you know what setting you would like for JPEG export and would rather it just perform without showing the options window every time, then simply save a JPEG with the options appearing and chose your preferred setting. Then go back to the AVA preference and tick the ‘Do not show JPEG export dialog’ option. The window will then be hidden when running the Palette.
The steps performed in the ‘Save all colourways as 72dpi’ Palette
This Palette is a real time saver! A history point is set as you start the Palette, which is then recalled at the end of its run to reset any temporary amendments to the file. It adjusts the resolution of your file down to 72dpi, then runs through each colourway and saves it as a JPEG image file to the Desktop. The image saved is using the ‘Save Combined Copy As…’ feature which ensures (where possible) that viewers of the final image are seeing as close to what the user sees as possible (monitor quality and/or calibration dependant). Users can also edit the Palette to produce a different file format and/or resolution.
How to use the ‘Save all colourways as 72dpi’ Palette
- Open a design document with contained colourways
- Ensure that all layers required to make up the design / colourway are visible
- Click the Palette to run. JPEG files will appear on the Desktop named as the design file itself plus a number.
How to edit the Palette to save different file format and/or resolution
- Hold ⌥ (option key) and click on the Palette to enter the editing window.
- To edit the resolution of the output image files, click the edit icon next to the right of the ‘Resize document’ entry.
- To edit the file type produced by the Palette, click the reveal handle to the left of the loop entry. The click the edit icon to the right of the ‘Save Copy’ entry.
How to edit the Palette in AVA 5.9 to save different file format and/or resolution
- Open the Palette and show the group list
- To edit the resolution of the output image files, click the edit icon next to the right of the ‘Resize document’ entry.
- To edit the file type produced by the Palette, click the reveal handle to the left of the loop entry. The click the edit icon to the right of the ‘Save Copy’ entry.
