: Export InDesign layers to Photoshop I have created the design of a website in InDesign (big mistake, I know...). The developer wants to have my layers in a Photoshop format. I do not want

@Chiappetta793

There is an AppleScript that will do just that. I can attest that it does a decent job. You can find the download and instructions at this link.

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@Hamm6457569

The best option I've found is to copy and paste from Indesign to PS (normally a whole layer at a time). This converts the layer to a smart vector object which can be edited from PS through Illustrator. If you are on Mac there is a very good script out there that automates this (I think it's called PageToPSLayersV3)
I normally have a layer for say Top Nav, Slider, Article 1, Article 2, Footer.

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@Smith574

um... I would HOPE the developer is using it as a reference point and plans to code what you have designed. I would request clarification on this and you could provide a .pdf file of the website as a reference.

If they are trying to slice the file for a website that is a bad idea.. You could always extract the site in an .xml file from InDesign or even do a couple of options such as:

The following would work if you're using Creative Cloud and have setup your document correct AND are using character and paragraph styles:





If you have built the paragraph styles correctly for the site you could even export out as an .epub, unpackage the .epub and pull out the .css and .xhtml files for the website.

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