Importing Photoshop placeholder into Indesign

How do I create a placeholder in Photoshop CS2 to be able to open in Indesign CS2 and place a jpeg image in the "path" created within the layers so the shadows overlap the imported image?

FivePicaPica wrote:
It's much better to place rather than paste a psd file (then you can get the layer options (under extra options), but it sounds like you're using the wrong tool here. Placed psd files aren't editable.
In fact, it's pretty much essential. If you paste you get only the low resolution RGB screen preview as an embedded object. Nothing you can do with that at all. Placed files are edited inthe approprite external editor and updated when saved.
I'm afraid I also don't really understand what you want to do. Are you using Photoshop simply to draw a vector shape or clipping mask? It's the "placeholder" designation, I think, that is puzzling. In ID a placeholder would be a native frame of some sort. You can draw vectors in ID using the pen tool, or modify a frame drawn with one of the frame or shape tools. Any of those can be used to hold an image (File > Place) of your choice.
If you have a clipping path or mask in your photoshop file that you want to preserve and use as a frame, Place the file, then from the ID Object menu select Clipping Path > Options... to activate the clipping path, then from the same menu Clipping Path > Convert Clipping Path to Frame. You can then use that frame as you would any other.
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