Reply To: Help! Print production wants me to use mostly Photoshop

Just as an FYI, and because I’m a stickler for accurate terminology, the flattening I’m referring to is Transparency Flattening, not flattening layers. In Photoshop, the 2 are linked – if you flatten layers, you flatten transparency. But in InDesign, flattening transparency refers to rasterizing effects like drop shadows, blend modes and opacities less than 100%. Adding a layer in ID does not add transparency.