Stop Fighting Illustrator. Start Designing.
The all-in-one ExtendScript automation suite for professional designers.
Batch rename, resize, organize, and document your artboards 10x faster with production-ready precision.
Built to fix the daily grind
You didn’t become a designer to manage file names.
I’ve spent 15 years in design. I know that for every hour of creative work, there’s an hour of “housekeeping”, renaming 50 files, fixing messy grids, struggling to keep complex layers organized.
I built Artboard Manager Pro to solve my own headaches.
This isn’t just a collection of random scripts. It’s a polished workflow engine designed to handle the tedious tasks that kill your momentum.
Whether you are prepping UI assets or organizing storyboards, this suite gives you the tools to finish the job instantly.
More than just scripts
Most scripts are rigid, they reset every time you close them and force you to click “OK” a hundred times a day.
As a developer with a design background, I built these tools to respect your time and muscle memory.
They Remember Everything
Stop setting the same parameters over and over. Every tool has built-in persistence. It remembers your last settings, window position, and inputs automatically.
Close Illustrator, come back tomorrow, and pick up exactly where you left off.
Fast by Design
I hate hunting for buttons. That’s why these tools are keyboard-optimized.
Tweak a setting, hit Enter, and it runs. I built a smart focus engine to ensure the UI never gets in your way.
Presets & Portability
Working on different projects? Save your specific configs as named Presets.
You can even export them as JSON files to back them up or share them with your team.
Included Tools
Get 9 professional tools in one dashboard
Objects to Artboards Pro
The ultimate bounding box utility. Instantly wrap selected objects, active layers, or full document contents in perfectly sized artboards.
Includes Merge Thresholds: Group nearby objects automatically and utilize Auto-Aspect Ratio detection (e.g., instantly identifying and snapping to 16:9 or 1:1 shapes).
Artboard Arranger Pro
Reorganize your workspace into perfect Grids, Rows, or Columns with far more control than native Illustrator.
Never Leave Artwork Behind: The script maps locked and hidden layers during the rearrangement process. It eliminates the tedious “Unlock All → Move → Relock” cycle, ensuring your complex layer structures travel safely with their assigned artboards.
Artboard Renamer Pro
A batch renaming engine built for volume. Rename hundreds of artboards in seconds.
Smart Features: Use dynamic variables (Width {w}, Height {h}), auto-sequencing (001, 002), Date/Time tokens, and advanced Regex Find & Replace for complex file naming conventions.
Artboard Resizer Pro
Batch resize artboards using standard presets (A4, 1080p) or custom values.
Smart Scale: Features a Math Input Engine and a recursive scaling system that scales your vector content to fit the new boundaries while strictly preserving stroke weights and proportions.
Artboard Hierarchy Cloner Pro
Illustrator’s native duplicate often flattens or messes up layers.
Deep Clone: This tool duplicates artwork while strictly preserving the exact Layer & Group hierarchy. Essential for UI states, packaging iterations, and storyboards.
Artboard Padding Manager Pro
Add precise margins to your artboards globally or individually.
Smart Fit: Includes an “Ignore List” feature that allows the tool to ignore specific layers (like ‘BG’ or ‘Guide’) to crop artboards tightly around your actual design content.
Artboard Finder Pro
Navigate massive documents instantly without manually scrolling through the canvas.
Smart Search: Filter artboards by Name, Index, Dimensions, or Aspect Ratio (e.g., instantly select all “Portrait” artboards to batch change their orientation).
Artboard Dimensions Labeler Pro
Automate your documentation. Instantly generate professional measurement labels for your artboards.
Customizable: Control units, fonts, colors, and positioning to generate specs for developers or print proofs in seconds.
Artboard List Sorter Pro
Keep your panel clean. Reorder your Artboard Panel index without moving the actual artwork on the canvas.
Sorting Logic: Sort by Name (A-Z), Visual Position (Grid order), Dimensions (Smallest to Largest), or Reverse Order.
Artboard Manager Pro Launcher
Your command center.
A compact, keyboard-navigable dashboard that gives you instant access to the entire suite without cluttering your workspace.
A Living Ecosystem
MaxMugen is an active development project, not a static download. I am constantly refining the code, optimizing performance, and building new modules.
When you buy the suite today, you aren’t just getting the current tools. You are funding the development of the next generation of Illustrator automation.
In The Pipeline
I am currently prototyping the next wave of “Pro” utilities to add to the suite:
- Smart Exporter: Logic-based exporting with dynamic paths (/Client/Date/) and direct “Selection Only” export capabilities.
- Artboard Creator: Generate artboards instantly from CSV lists, with built-in presets for devices and social media grids.
- Trim & Bleed Manager: Dynamic crop marks that snap to bounds, including automated slug info for professional print handoffs.
- Guides Manager: Parametric guide generation (Margins, Columns, Gutters) that updates instantly when you resize an artboard.
- Artboard Cleanup Pro: A “Ghost Hunter” that finds and deletes empty text nodes, stray points, and off-canvas junk.
- And many more modules currently in active development.
Recent Updates
- Crash Guard System: Built-in complexity throttles and safety checks prevent Illustrator from hanging during heavy batch operations.
- Tier-3 Geometry Engine: Recursive scanning now ignores clipping masks and background layers to calculate bounds based on visual content, not just bounding boxes.
- Deep State Manager: A new protocol that maps and restores layer visibility/locking during operations, ensuring complex hierarchies are never flattened.
- Math Input Interpreter: You don’t need a calculator. Type relative commands (e.g., +20, *2, {w}/2) directly into input fields.
- Collision Detection: Pre-flight checks to prevent artboards from overlapping or stacking on top of each other.
Technical Specs
- Adobe Illustrator Native: Written in ExtendScript (JSX) for maximum stability.
- Zero Dependencies: No 3rd party libraries, no internet connection required. Runs locally and securely.
- StreamDeck Ready: Fully compatible with keyboard automation decks.
- Crash Protection: Built-in complexity throttles prevent Illustrator from freezing when processing thousands of objects.
Quick Installation
See the Full Setup Guide
- Unzip the download.
- Copy the “MaxMugen Tools” folder to your Scripts directory.
- Restart Illustrator.
- Launch via File > Scripts > MaxMugen Tools > Artboard Manager Pro Launcher.
Compatibility
- Windows: 10 / 11
- macOS: Intel & Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3)
- Adobe Illustrator: CC 2019 – 2025
Support
Found a bug or have a feature request? Send me an email
Max Mugen Lighting
Lighting Designer | Visual Artist | Automation Developer
I engineer lighting architectures, interactive control systems, and automation workflows for live performance and high-end studio pipelines. Available for custom system design and technical programming.
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