: How to export layers to pages of a pdf file in Photoshop CS5 I need to save each layer of my psd document as a page in a multi-page PDF file (or as a single-page PDF file each as I can

@Jamie315

This is pretty easy with CS1-3 or CS6+:


Install and run Trevor Morris' Layers to Comps script.
Run the built-in "Layer Comps to PDF..." script.
That's it.


If you're running CS4 or 5, the "Layer Comps to PDF..." script is not available. In that case, Eric's answer is probably the best you can do.

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@Caterina889

I try to wrap my head around the thought processes where someone builds 150 Photoshop files that are destined for print production. If it's a book, manual, catalog, or something similar you sort of created way more work for yourself by not using proper tools from the start. But then again, maybe there's some reason, I'm not considering, in which you had to use Photoshop for every page.

But in any event, use Adobe Indesign. Place all the Photoshop pages into an Indesign document. Note, for press you'll need 148 or 152 pages - 150 pages will not work for printing (assuming it's a book or similar).

Then simply export your Indesign file for PDF/X-1a.

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@Mendez620

You can use File->Scripts->Export layers to files to create PDFs. Choose PDF under File type in the Export Layers to Files dialog box. It's easy to miss since it's the option just above PSD.

As far as being slow... Don't know how big your image is or how many layers there are, but on an old (2008) MacBook Pro it exported a 2848x4288 pixel image's four layers in less than 30 seconds. I can't speak to your configuration. But at least it can run without having to convert the results from images to PDFs.

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