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September 7, 2022
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Export Indesign to Photoshop/After Effects

  • September 7, 2022
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hi there, 

I'm on the clock so keeping this brief - my clients send InDesign files of their billboards to be turned into their TV commercials, which means I need to export their Indesign layouts into a starting point PSD (I'd love to export directly to AE but I also want a Pony and Billion dollars, and Larger Text in Adobe UI's).

 

My workaround is to try and export the layered InDesign file to a PSD which can then be imported into AE.

 

I need a way to export a layered PSD version of the Indesign file. Please make this happen. No I can't get my clients to send me anything more efficient or sensible, no I won't export everything layer by layer, it's time consuming, dumb and I'm on a fixed budget. I'm a sub-vendor many layers down and am basically powerless to discipline client, but maybe Adobe can have my back as I pay you a monthly subscription.

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Rishabh_Tiwari
Legend
September 7, 2022

Hi,

 

Thanks for reaching out. In addition to the suggestions shared by David, you can also refer to these articles:

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/how-to-export-indesign-to-photoshop/td-p/9039260

 

https://creativepro.com/save-indesign-files-layered-photoshop-files/

 

Regards

Rishabh

Dave Creamer of IDEAS
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 7, 2022

Have you seen this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhhImwcPJzw

 

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)