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

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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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Visualize Data in Your Design using Darty-Preview

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Darty-Ai (our powerful Adobe Illustrator® plugin for variable-data/VDP) excels as a creative tool for variable design by allowing the artist to experiment and create edits on-the-fly faster and easier compared to traditional native variables. It accomplishes this by creating a temporary document named “[Darty-Preview]” by copying the source document instantly when the user goes into

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

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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powerful Adobe Illustrator extension that reinvents the variable data printing (VDP) workflow, replacing Illustrator’s outdated Variables panel with a faster, more flexible system for dynamic design.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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Darty-Ai Workflow Part 1 – Tags

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There are 3 main stages in the workflow of producing data-driven documents using Darty-Ai. Preparing a tagged template document, using Adobe® Illustrator® and the Darty-Ai UI. Preparing a data source, using the Darty-Ai UI and / or your favored spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. Previewing and exporting the documents using the Darty-Ai

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