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Tricia Ho
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August 17, 2009
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Export to PNG in InDesign?

  • August 17, 2009
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Hi all,

I have a simple question. Is it possible to export to PNG in InDesign? Right now, I've been doing a copy-paste into Illustrator, then saving it as PNG from there. Is there a better way to do this?

Trish

InDesign CS4 | PC

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Correct answer Eugene Tyson

InDesign can now export to PNG from File>Export and pick the file format.

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November 30, 2022

InDesign can now export to PNG from File>Export and pick the file format.

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Anonymous
August 17, 2009

export the PDF and open and save in Photoshop.

Scott Falkner
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August 17, 2009

No version of InDesign can export to PNG. But there is a much better way than copy/paste into Illustrator. Export a PDF then save that as PNG from Acrobat or rasterize in Photoshop and save as PNG from Photoshop.

Jongware
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August 17, 2009

Oddly enough, that's not .. entirely .. true.

The CS4 scripting help lists "PNG Format" amongst its possible export formats. A  quick test

app.activeDocument.selection[0].exportFile(ExportFormat.PNG_FORMAT, File(new File("c:\\test.png")));

shows CS4 can export to PNG. However, there are no settings to change, which limits its usefulness.

rob day
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May 23, 2011

Oh that's perfect! That's exactly the type of advice I was hoping for! I never knew what the significant differences were between those PDF/X-x formats. I was able to export my InDesign document as a PDF and successfully open the translucent pages in Photoshop.

I actually only have CS5 for Windows here at work, (and a copy of CS3 on my personal Mac) but am a Programmer and am familiar with AppleScript, so If you'd be willing to share, I'd love to get ahold of your script. If it just can't work with Photoshop as old as CS3, I'm sure I can create a Windows equivilant.

There must have been something wrong when I tried importing the PDF earlier. This X-4 opened very quickly and came with a convenient resolution and page selection dialog.

Much appreciated! Thanks.


This is for CS5, but probably works back to CS3. Shows a dialog for choosing resolution and anti aliasing,  asks for a destination folder, and writes the pdf and pngs to that  folder.

http://www.zenodesign.com/forum/IDpagestoPNG.zip

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