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Photoshop Layer effects not working when imported to InDesign

Community Beginner ,
Mar 02, 2020 Mar 02, 2020

Lately when importing a .psd file with layer effects (drop shadows w/multiply blend mode) into InDesign, the effect prints muddy grey and opaque. Any thoughts?

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Community Expert , Mar 02, 2020 Mar 02, 2020

Photoshop Blend Modes do not get applied to InDesign page items. What color mode and value are you using for the Photshop drop shadow

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Community Expert ,
Mar 02, 2020 Mar 02, 2020

Photoshop Blend Modes do not get applied to InDesign page items. What color mode and value are you using for the Photshop drop shadow

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Community Beginner ,
Mar 03, 2020 Mar 03, 2020

This wasn't always the case. I'm just recently have issues with this. Never had a problem before.

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Community Expert ,
Mar 03, 2020 Mar 03, 2020

The Blend Mode question has come up before and Photoshop blend modes do not get applied to InDesign page items. The color mode of your PS drop shadow would affect how its transparency gets applied in ID, and an RGB drop shadow might act like Multiply, which is what I’m showing in my 2nd post.

 

You can see it more clearly if you place a Photoshop object that has an applied Blend Mode like Difference.

 

Here the red circle set to Difference blending with a green rectangle in Photoshop:

 

 

Screen Shot 6.png

 

The red circle PSD set to Difference placed in ID:

 

Screen Shot 7.png

 

 

 

 

 

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Community Expert ,
Mar 03, 2020 Mar 03, 2020

This has been the case since InDesign 2.0 was released in 2002. You may have never noticed it but that doesn't change the facts.

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Explorer ,
Jan 24, 2022 Jan 24, 2022

that fact needs to change. It's a basic must-have.

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Community Expert ,
Jan 24, 2022 Jan 24, 2022
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You can use a workaround. It does not work with files with grouped layers and folders, but with 1st level layers: Open the PSD with layers in Illustrator. Make layers to objects. It will keep blending modes. Save as AI. AI files keep their blending modes in InDesign, when you import them.

 

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Community Expert ,
Mar 02, 2020 Mar 02, 2020

Rob has already answered correctly.

This has nothing to do with flattening or anything else.

It's expected, though, undesirable behavior.

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Community Expert ,
Mar 02, 2020 Mar 02, 2020

The reason I asked about the shadow color is you can imitate the Multiply Blend Mode by using an RGB black, or a rich CMYK black (Black + CMY) for the shadow.

 

0|0|0|100 CMYK set to Multiply

 

Screen Shot.png

 

0|0|0 RGB set to Normal

 

Screen Shot 1.png

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