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willr48820359
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April 17, 2018
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Exporting Multiple Illustrator Artboards to Photoshop While Preserving Layers

  • April 17, 2018
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Hi,

Is there a way to export multiple illustrator art-boards from 1 illustrator file and then import them into a single photoshop file with layers preserved?

I've tried Illustrators export as .psd which converts all the illustrator art-boards to a single layer photoshop file but then I can't edit them.

Thanks for any help

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Correct answer Monika Gause

Alright,

So ignoring the layer detail. Assuming the artboards in illustrator were all on the same layer (layer 1) and exported with setting in the image above as a .psd file,

Is there any reason they would then open in Photoshop as a single flat (Un-editable) layer?

Because that's what was originally happening to me even though I have the boxes check to "Write layers" with "Text Editability" and "Maximum Editability".

For some odd reason spreading things out in illustrator onto layers instead of all in one layer seemed to fix this partially as it's now partially editable in Photoshop.


You need to have layers in Illustrator in order to wirte layers into a PSD file. If there is only one layer, then the PSD file will also just have one layer.

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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April 17, 2018

Which options did you select for the export?

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willr48820359Author
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April 17, 2018

I think the problem was the file size was too large? I put each artboard onto their own layer and it seemed to do the trick but if I tried to convert the artboards all together on one layer in illustrator it would come up as a flat layer in photoshop.

Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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April 17, 2018

I don't understand how artboards and layers are related in your file.

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