

Open the PSD in Photoshop and you’ve got a pretty awesome file with text layers. Then in Illy you can Export to PSD and retain text layers to edit in Photoshop. The interesting thing about going the Illustrator route (not pasting to photoshop first) is that in Illy CC15 (not sure if before) you can restructure your layers quite easily. In short, the script is wonderful, but I think Adobe could do something about the layers. However, I can copy for InDesign CC14 to Illustrator CC15 with the same result as pasting to Photoshop and editing the smart object, it appears identical. I can also make any type changes I require.Īlthough – character and paragraph styles don’t make the hop. When you reedit the vector smart object it opens again Illustrator with layers in tact.Īlso, on my test, the Multiply for the interactions remained in tact for objects, everything though was in clipping masks though, although releasing them it worked excellently. You can make layer changes in Illustrator, it doesn’t reflect back to photoshop – but it’s pretty nice. Paste into Photoshop CC 2015 – it imports as a Vector Smart Object.ĭouble click the icon in the Layers Panel and it opens in Illustrator, fully editable. InDesign, Select All (only works on spread) not whole document. Remember, PDFs are intended to be output files, not working files. Even so, it’s pretty awesome to get InDesign content into Photoshop like this. Some text will be converted to outlines.Īlso, transparency effects are rasterized and blending modes applied to InDesign content will not be honored (check out the red rectangle in the images above). If your InDesign document contains a lot of text, don’t expect it will be easy (or even possible) to edit it in the exported file. Note: For lots more information about working with Smart Objects, check out Steve Caplin’s article in Issue #3 of CreativePro Magazine.

Save and close, and the change will be reflected in Photoshop. If you chose Smart Objects, you can edit the content of a layer by double-clicking the thumbnail in the Layers panel in Photoshop.

#Open eps file in photoshop with layers pdf
When you run the script, you get a dialog box where you can choose one of your PDF Presets, the Color Mode, page, resolution, and whether each layer is rasterized or saved as a Smart Object. Hidden layers, locked layers, and empty layers are all exported. The layer names in Photoshop match the layer names in your InDesign document. More after the jump! Continue reading below↓įree and Premium members see fewer ads! Sign up and log-in today.
