Technically, this testimonial was for the Photoshop version, But I feel at liberty to add it here as well .
This tool is now open source:
DPA Infocom (Deutsche Presse Agentur, German Press Agency) supported my work and financed the development of this project. They utilize it for creating interactive infographics that reduce layout time, primarily by utilizing .AI or .EPS files from printed materials.
Tested and developed for Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud 2022 (and beyond). Please try out older setups and create an issue if it doesn't work. If it can be made compatible easily (I only have the latest versions), I will try to accommodate older Illustrator-Versions.
Feedback on the new versions is welcome! Send me a DM with any findings, or even better, leave an issue on GitHub. Please send me your Illustrator file that fails as well...
I've been following the hype community for a few years and I love this software, I've also seen so many developers doing amazing things with it.
@everyone Export to Hype (Adobe Illustrator Edition) is simply a mainstay for the work of the professionals, an investment to be made immediately after trying hype 4..
Michel, Love your work. I'm not sure if this is where I can ask a quick question. I downloaded your Illustrator Export to Hype from Gethub. I fallowed the instructions. I didn't where I can export from Illustrator. Do I need to do anything with the .json & .jsx files? Sorry to ask, would love to use your script. Thanks in advance.
@michelangelo Thank you for the kind word, but the plugin is now free to use and open source. There is no need to buy it… I am grateful for sponsors or people buying me a coffee.
Thanks to all my current supporters and past supporters over at GitHub Sponsors.
Big shout out to @theron_hp at this point, you rock my friend! !
@ivdesigns since you posted here the readme over on GitHub has been significantly improved, and I think most questions should be answered now (version 1.2.0) is also pretty stable. Hope that help! Welcome back to the forum BTW (5 years absences).
Ok it seems like a good start to be able to get more out of my HYPE 4 since it's something I've been waiting for since 2013, but what about those of us who refuse to use Adobe products? I use the Affinity 2 Suite to do my vector work and I'm still dreaming of being able to export to HYPE 4 or at least being able to import the SVGs that I can export with my design programs such as Affinity Design, Corel Draw or Inkscape.
I really useful tool!
Can't make it work with latest version of Illustrator, takes very long time, then an error message comes, Illustrator needs to be forced to quit. See error message and the ai-file i tried with:
I don't have the time to debug this currently. So, I'd advise you to just use an older version of Illustrator for the time being (downloadable from Creative Cloud).
It works for me on my Dutch language Illustrator 28.4.1 / macOS 11.7.10. Tried it with your puzzle file. Released all puzzle piece to separate layers first. But it also works with the group.
json and jsx files are in the scripts folder (Adobe Illustrator 2024/Presets/nl_NL/Scripts). The only slight trouble I had was with the Export To Hype Helper.app. I couldn’t get it to work initially. It needs to be in the top level of your Mac Apps folder. When you launch it for the first time don’t use the alt key, just right-click and select open.
I’d sooner consider 'Clean My Mac' to be malware… But jokes aside — I use ‘Export To Hype’ daily in my infographic production. And I can assure you: it’s definitely not malware.
My guess is that the virus engines are looking at the process by which Max created the helper tool for installing the extension (I'm assuming Platypus) as a signal that this might contain malware. Currently 4 of 65 virus engines are making this assumption:
This page has more info:
To avoid running that you can just install manually.
That is probably it. I am currently again registered as an Apple Developer, so probably I should redo the app with a signature, but "if it works, don't break it".
Perplexity has the following to say:
While Platypus itself is a legitimate development tool, it's worth noting that like many development tools, it can be misused. For example, it was used in the creation of the malicious EasyDoc Converter app that distributed the Eleanor malware6. However, this does not make Platypus itself malicious - it's simply a development tool that can be used for both legitimate and malicious purposes.
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