June 2025

State Management for Artwork Appearance in Adobe Illustrator® Using Excel and Darty-Ai

A Comprehensive Approach to Dynamic Artwork Manipulation State-management is an innovative methodology that empowers organizations to dynamically control and maintain the appearance of artwork in Adobe Illustrator. By leveraging Excel and the variable-data plugin Darty-Ai, this method integrates data-driven decisions with visual design elements, ensuring artwork remains synchronized with evolving data states. This approach is […]

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Illustrator Meets Google Sheets

Public Sheets For publicly shared Google Sheets, click the cloud icon. Paste the Google Sheet URL (address) you see in the browser bar or in the share panel, Then click import. Update Darty-Ai now supports private Google Sheets through Google’s official OAuth authorization system 👍 This lets you securely use Google Sheets shared with your

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Preview Your Documents with Darty-Ai

After loading your Darty-Ai spreadsheet, you can quickly review how your data affects the artwork by clicking the Preview button. This opens a live preview document, where selecting any row instantly shows its output. To return the document to its original state, use the Reset Preview Document button. To refresh the spreadsheet data, click the

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Darty-Ai: A Modern Alternative to Illustrator’s Native Variables

Darty-Ai is a powerful Adobe Illustrator extension that reinvents the variable data printing (VDP) workflow, replacing Illustrator’s outdated Variables panel with a faster, more flexible system for dynamic design. Smarter Data Import & Reload Import data directly from Excel or Google Sheets—no CSV conversion required. One-click reload makes it easy to update your artwork with

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