Photoshop comes with a built-in script that allows you to export your layer comps as a multipage PDF. You can use this feature to create PDF proofs to send to your clients for approval. You can even generate a PDF that presents your layout ideas in a slide show. Trust me—a good presentation can go a long way when trying to win over a client, and that’s what makes this feature a dream come true for design professionals. Here’s how it’s done:
1. Using the Layer Comps palette, save several layer comps in a Photoshop layout document. The document can be a single-page (or single-spread) advertisement, a cover design, or any other type of print layout that contains a predominant number of bitmap graphics.
2. When you’ve finished saving all of your layout ideas as layer comps, choose File --> Scripts --> Layer Comps To PDF. In the Layer Comps To PDF dialog box that appears, choose a destination for the file by clicking the Browse button. This opens the Save As dialog box, where you can select where you’d like to save the file on your system. After you’ve located a file destination, click Save
3. In the Layer Comps To PDF dialog box, enable the Selected Layer Comps Only option if you’d like to include only layer comps that are currently selected in the Layer Comps palette; otherwise, all layer comps will be included in the PDF. To create a slideshow, enable the Advance Every option and enter the number of seconds you’d like each page to display. For a continuous slideshow presentation, enable the Loop After Last Page option.
4. Click Run to generate the PDF. As Photoshop creates the PDF, it displays each layer comp onscreen twice. The first time the comp is flattened and saved to disk; the second time, the flattened comp is reopened and added to the presentation. When the process is complete, Photoshop displays a dialog box letting you know that the layer comps have been successfully exported. Click OK to close the dialog box.
5. Now you can open the exported PDF in Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Professional and preview your slideshow presentation. If you’re happy with it, you can send it off to your client for approval.
1. Using the Layer Comps palette, save several layer comps in a Photoshop layout document. The document can be a single-page (or single-spread) advertisement, a cover design, or any other type of print layout that contains a predominant number of bitmap graphics.
2. When you’ve finished saving all of your layout ideas as layer comps, choose File --> Scripts --> Layer Comps To PDF. In the Layer Comps To PDF dialog box that appears, choose a destination for the file by clicking the Browse button. This opens the Save As dialog box, where you can select where you’d like to save the file on your system. After you’ve located a file destination, click Save
3. In the Layer Comps To PDF dialog box, enable the Selected Layer Comps Only option if you’d like to include only layer comps that are currently selected in the Layer Comps palette; otherwise, all layer comps will be included in the PDF. To create a slideshow, enable the Advance Every option and enter the number of seconds you’d like each page to display. For a continuous slideshow presentation, enable the Loop After Last Page option.
4. Click Run to generate the PDF. As Photoshop creates the PDF, it displays each layer comp onscreen twice. The first time the comp is flattened and saved to disk; the second time, the flattened comp is reopened and added to the presentation. When the process is complete, Photoshop displays a dialog box letting you know that the layer comps have been successfully exported. Click OK to close the dialog box.
5. Now you can open the exported PDF in Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Professional and preview your slideshow presentation. If you’re happy with it, you can send it off to your client for approval.
Exporting Layer Comps to PDF
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