In this week’s InDesignSecrets video, David Blatner shows off a script to send an InDesign file’s layers to Photoshop layers. This free AppleScript from Rob Day ports the layers to Photoshop as Smart Objects which can then be manipulated and further enhanced with Photoshop effects. This tutorial is an excerpt from David’s “Scripts Every InDesign User Needs” session at CreativePro Week 2019.
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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025
This article was first published on August 14, 2019
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