I am looking to hire a developer on a freelance basis to write a batch processing script (VB Script or Javascript) to automate common tasks with Adobe Illustrator and a basic Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
The script would include the following steps to perform the tasks needed:
1. Import words and phrases from a basic Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (or tab delimited txt file) and place them individually into a predefined text box in Adobe Illustrator. Each word or phase (cell) would be imported into the text box on a individual basis and then move on to the next steps to complete the automated process. This would be repeated as a batch process until all of the selected words from the spreadsheet were complete.
2. Depending on the size word or phrase, the font size would automatically change size and center to fit optimally in the predefined text box.
3. The text would then be exported as a .200 resolution .PNG file in five different predefined background colors. Text colors would always be white except with a white background (in which the text color would be black).
4. Each file would have a unique name to identify the files which should consist of the words and phrases from the cell being used in the excel file plus the color of the background.
*See attached diagram showing the sequence of steps.