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Import psb to ID on Mac (using command + D)

New Here ,
Sep 17, 2022 Sep 17, 2022

Hi, 
I have a new Mac Book Air and want now to import a psb file into InDesign by using command+D function.

When doing so I can´t choose the psb files but only jpeg and others.
On Windows it is possible, does anybody know how to solve this?

Thanks!

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Community Expert , Sep 17, 2022 Sep 17, 2022

Hi @Anne26161258femd , Try dragging and dropping the .PSB from either the Finder or Bridge:

 

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Community Expert ,
Sep 17, 2022 Sep 17, 2022

Save as TIFF and import that. PSB is not supported under every condition in InDesign.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 18, 2022 Sep 18, 2022

Hi Willi,

I disagree. PSB is supported. Nothing bad will happen if you find a way to place or import a PSB file.

On Windows, one could use the Place dialog and reset the filter for files to *.* so PSB files are visible while placing, on Mac and Windows one could drag a PSB file to the layout from Finder or file Explorer.

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

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Community Expert ,
Sep 18, 2022 Sep 18, 2022

The real issue here might be importing files of the scale that PSB is meant to handle. InDesign tends to develop a lot of quirks when placing larger and larger image files, and if these are PSB to get around the 2GB limit, well... I'd start by questioning why such enormous files need to be placed in ID at all.

 

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Community Expert ,
Sep 18, 2022 Sep 18, 2022

Hi James, I place .psb’s for large format art prints when I don’t want to place and manage an extra flattened copy.

 

This 3GB example has 23 layers, 10,000 x10,000 pixels with an Effective output res of 263ppi. InDesign has no problems displaying it—the ID file size is only 2.7mb.

 

It exports with no problem to a PDF/X-4 keeping the same dimensions—with Maximum Quality Compression the PDF is 19.8MB(!)

 

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Sep 18, 2022 Sep 18, 2022
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As long as you're using the immense resolution. I see way too many designers using huge-rez images directly for fairly small print use, and maxing out all those resources when it can be avoided is what leads to all kinds of trouble.

 

That is, they don't realize that while having a max-res master is a good thing, a reduction to more reasonable proportions, matched to the need, is often a better thing for day to day work.

 

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Community Expert ,
Sep 17, 2022 Sep 17, 2022

Hi @Anne26161258femd , Try dragging and dropping the .PSB from either the Finder or Bridge:

 

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New Here ,
Sep 18, 2022 Sep 18, 2022

Thank you @Willi Adelberger and @rob day for the fast and god help. I will try it. 

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