011_tint-words-cycled.jsx

// @include "basil.js";
// @include "./lib/underscore.js";


function draw() {
  // get selection, filtered by TextFrame
  var selection = b.selections();
  selection = _.filter(
    selection,
    function(item) { return item.constructor.name === "TextFrame"}
  );
  if (selection.length === 0) { alert("Please select some TextFrames") };

  // process selection
  var tintStart = 100;
  var tintEnd = 5;
  var cycle = 9;
  _.each(selection, function(textFrame) {
    _.each(textFrame.words, function(word, index) {
      var i = index % cycle;
      word.fillTint = b.map(i, 0,cycle-1, tintStart,tintEnd);
    })
  });
}

b.go(b.MODESILENT);