: Import PNG in indesign I'm exporting some elements out of photoshop CC 2014 using the new 'extract assets', witch is very handy because i can just select the layer i want and export it. I

@Tiffany317

The short answer here is, "Don't do that." There are three reasons why:


Extract Assets is designed and intended as part of a web workflow. It is not actually useful for print.
PNG is not a print format. It was created for the web and remains a terrific on-screen image format, but there are far better formats for print.
A layered PSD can be placed directly in InDesign, and the layers you don't need can be turned off (or the Layer Comp you want can be turned on) for each instance where the PSD is placed. Going through an extra step of generating a derived image to then place that in InDesign is, quite literally, a waste of production time, especially when there are revisions to the original.

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@Tiffany317

Well first you gotta make sure that its a 24 bit PNG. In order to do that you can just name the layer that you want to make the asset of like this:


assetname.png24


But in general i gotta say that PNG is primarily a web-format. Of course i don't know what you are trying to accomplish, but since there is better options to make webgraphics than InDesign i just assumed you're doing Printwork.
If that is the case i strongly recommend you to use transparent TIF of PSD.

I also guess you are NOT doing that, because you want to extract several layers at once? just activating layers and quickly saving different psd's isn't that much work either and you'll get a more satisfying result.

If it's got to be done with image-asset extraction, you could also try gifs.
Therefore just name your layers


layername.gif


hope this helps. sry for bad english.

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@Murray976

Have you tried changing the import options? Check Show import options in the Place file dialog before importing. Maybe Use transparency information is disabled.

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