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023 Using layer comps in Photoshop files to show alternates in InDesign

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023 Using layer comps in Photoshop files to show alternates in InDesign

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David Blatner: You know that Photoshop and InDesign work well together, but you might not know how well they work together. Let me show you what I mean. You are in Photoshop and you are editing this file, but maybe you don't know how it's going to be placed on your InDesign page yet, or maybe you don't know which flower that you want to highlight on the cover of your magazine. You have options and you want to keep those options open as long as you can. The best way to keep your options open in Photoshop is to put everything on layers. If we look in the Layers panel here in Photoshop, you can see that I have flowers on this layer, I've got this other kind of crazy cactus thing on another layer, you have circles like spotlights, all kinds of stuff each on its own layer. Because it's not flattened I keep my options open so I can change my mind later. Now Photoshop has another kind of layer feature built into it. It's called layer comps. Most Photoshop users don't know about it, because…

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