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Exporting layers to separate files
From the course: Photoshop for Teaching and Learning
Exporting layers to separate files
- [Narrator] One thing that presentation tools such as PowerPoint and Keynote do extremely well is let you build animations into your slides that help you tell your story. Now thus far, all of the options that we've seen for exporting our images out of Photoshop will create flattened images that no longer have the flexibility of the layers that you've undoubtedly come to love throughout this course. So, how do we bring all of the power of Photoshop layers into a tool such as PowerPoint? Well, the answer is: we export each layer out as it's own independent file and then we can better integrate and animate the various image elements in your presentation software program of choice. Now, to do this, go up to the File menu and select Export and then choose Layers to Files. Now, this looks like a fairly compressed version of our Export-as tool. You begin by setting the destination that you want your files to go to. Click the browse button, navigate to my desktop and then create a new folder…
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Exporting images for the web4m 23s
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Exporting multiple versions of an image3m 9s
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Maintaining transparency during export1m 50s
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Exporting layers to separate files3m 32s
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Using the Image Processor4m 12s
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Challenge: Prepare images for PowerPoint1m 6s
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Solution: Prepare images for PowerPoint2m 33s
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Extra challenge solution: Prepare images for PowerPoint4m 44s
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