Export to PNG in InDesign?

Forum|Forum|16 years ago
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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Eugene Tyson

Correct answer

Community Expert

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

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Anonymous

export the PDF and open and save in Photoshop.

Scott Falkner

Community Expert

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

Community Expert

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.

emphor

Participant

After you've dumped it in there you go to the scripts panel to run it. You'll find it under Samples, I prefer to open the scripts panel first, right click where I want to put it and choose Reveal in... That opens up a window to paste it into.

Cheers Stix. Must admit, I've never noticed the scripts panel before, worked a treat.

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