how to export indesign layers to photoshop layers (same structure)

[Arjan_Scholten_Muntz-MCG]

how can I export all individual layers in indesign to a photoshop file with the same layer structure?

is there a script you can use?

thanks

[BobLevine]

That is a horrible suggestion. Illustrator is not a PDF editor!

[rob day]

Export your indesign file to PDF and open in Illustrator again Export as Psd..enjoy

This has already come up see posts 78-82

[emily_gasper]

First time running scripts here... can anyone help?

So I'm trying to run the script on my IDD file, but I'm not sure that it's working. When it opens the PSD, it still says "Layer 1" and that's it. I thought I'd see multiple layers. All up-to-date versions of ID and PS on my Mac.

Thanks.

[rob day]

The script only replicates InDesign's item Layers and not the page items that are associated with the layer. So this would export the Text and Background layers but not <rectangle> or <Some Text>, which aren't really layers—they are page items.

The script seems to work fine with 2018, but I haven't done much testing.

[rob day]

I’ve translated the AppleScript version into JS. If anyone is interested the first version can be downloaded here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/indesign-layers-to-photoshop-js-version/td-p/11484245?page=1