Indesign layers in bridge

Hi,
is it possible to access the indesign layers from within Bridge. Is there a plugin or script that will allow me to do so?
I have several versions of a design on different layers in an indesign document and I want the user to choose with Bridge which layer is going into production. Thanks Stefan

AI doesn't even retain its own layer/ sub-layer/ group names after shuffling stuff around, so take a guess how likely it would be to achieve what you want. Or in otehr words: Unless the PDF was created from AI and has the editable data attached, this is very much a hopeless case. And I'm not sure if your sideway use of layers in ID is a good way of managing your data to begin with. I think you're trying to see something in them that they aren't. They're not per se "layout layers", but rather just a secondary meta structure for versioning or multi-language docs to define specific dependencies. Otherwise ID isn't much different from AI - it uses arranged objects and doesn't care about a strict layer metaphor or stacking. As long as it gives the desired appearance, it will group and arrange objects in whatever ways you fancy and that is defined on the per-object level as a property of the object, not a document layer or something...
Mylenium

Similar Messages

  • When trying to update my CC apps, the update fails. I get this error: Update Failed. There was an error installing this update. Please try again later or connect customer support. This is currently happening for InDesign, Photoshop and Bridge. I had this

    When trying to update my CC apps, the update fails. I get this error: Update Failed. There was an error installing this update. Please try again later or connect customer support. This is currently happening for InDesign, Photoshop and Bridge. I had this problem previous and was able to fix by doing a complete wipe of my computer and reinstalling CC. However, I should not have to wipe my computer clean everytime I need to do a CC update. HELP!

    Hi,
    Please download the updates directly from the link below:
    WIN: All Adobe CC 2014 Updates: The Direct Download Links for Windows | ProDesignTools
    MAC: All Adobe CC 2014 Updates: The Direct Download Links for Mac OS | ProDesignTools
    Regards,
    Sheena

  • Why can't I open InDesign Docs in Bridge since Installing Snow Leopard?

    I have CS3 Indesign. I have recently installed Snow Leopard. Since doing that I am unable to open Indesign files within Bridge. I get a very strange message that says 'missing required parameter 'from' for event open. What does that mean and can I fix it. If I drag my document to my desktop, most of the time it opens but sometimes it does not. I have to go up to the file menu and open from there. Is it a Bridge problem or is it an InDesign problem. Very annoying! Does anyone know if there is a fix for this?
    Also since installing Snow Leopard, I am unable to open multiple files in Photoshop. Once again I am doing this from Bridge.
    Any information would be most appreciated.
    Lynda

    Does this older thread http://forums.adobe.com/thread/486185?tstart=90 solve your problem? Apparently, some characters are not (anymore!) allowed in file names.

  • MISALIGNMENT PROBLEMS USING "LOAD FILES INTO PHOTOSHOP LAYERS" FROM BRIDGE CC

    I'm having a persistent problem which technical support was unable to resolve after being on the phone with them for 1.5 hrs. I was told the issue would be escalated... That was five days ago, and I've heard nothing.
    Here is the problem: In ACR working on a bracketed group of five images shot from a solid tripod in Bridge CC. I carefully synchronize all parameters incl. crop, transform, exposure, etc. Then I go to Tools / Photoshop / Load files into Photoshop layers, and the images open in photoshop in a layered file..., BUT some are knocked out of alignment. Actually they have been cropped slightly smaller than the original file, always by the same number of pixels. Sometimes all layers are affected, sometimes not.
    Photoshop CC & Bridge CC are both up to date, as is the camera raw plugin. I’m on a new iMac i7 4-core, OSX 10.9.4. All software was newly downloaded from Adobe two weeks ago. I have reset preferences, reset tools in Photoshop, even uninstalled and reinstalled Bridge CC 6.1.0.115 all to no avail. Any suggestions? I am desperate for some help.

    I run Windows 7 Ultimate, I have 2.00GB of RAM with 1.74 usable, and I selected 40 images, each about 2MB.

  • Indesign slow with Bridge -Photoshop-Illustrator

    Hello there,
    First, sorry for my english i'm French.
    One of my collegue is experiencing  issue with CS6 indesign.
    Installed in a PC with Intel core i7 370 2.93/2.93 gHZ, 16 GB RAM.
    Windows seven 64 bits.
    Once he open a files of more than 10 Mb in Indisign and open in the same times Bridge or photoshop to integrate pictures or illustrator the PC get really slow and the users must wait several minutes to get the work done.
    I never use myself The CS6 so I don't know if this behaviour is normal.
    Before that the user was using CS4 and he did not have so much trouble with the same kind of files and he was doing the same work on it.
    Beside the CS6, the unit has some standart software installed, Microsoft office 2003 and basically that's all except web navigator and some soft like cccleaner,VLC,Quicktime, nero burning room, kaspersky antivirus...
    He never get any error message, or blue screen or whatever...microsoft and adobe updates are done.
    All users in the services have the same hardware and software and this is the only one who had issue, the only difference is that he is working on bigger files.
    I have ask him to try to work on the PC of his colllegue to check if issue appears to but he willbe able to do the test tomorow PM only.
    When we have migrate from CS4 to CS6, I did not reinstall windows, just desinstalled CS4 and then install CS6.
    I didn't use the CS cleaner tool....
    Did someone knows where the issue can come from ? drive access or software related ?
    It's busy timing for now so I don't want to reinstall all the PC and CS6 before knowing it will solved the issue.
    Thx a lot,
    Elisa

    Is there any technical support when you buy CS6 ???
    I mean our compagny had Cs4 before and now -  like there is no upgrade anymore-  we bought 9 complete CS6 license ( including 2 master) and no help from adobe ?
    So basically:  adobe, it's we get your money we are happy if  you have issue,  we don't give a s**t !!!

  • InDesign thumbnails in Bridge CS4

    I've noticed that some InDesign CS2 and CS4 files do not show thumbnails in Bridge CS4. I tried the Build and Export Cache function in the Tools menu and nothing changed. Any suggestions?
    Also, I would be interested in a Bridge extension for harvesting thumbnails for old PageMaker 6.5 and 7 files.

    Here is a link that has the same problem.  No real jump in your face solultion, but hopefully it will help guide you.
    http://forums.adobe.com/thread/460793?tstart=30

  • Indesign Missing from Bridge CS6 Tools Menu

    I'm using CS6 and indesign is missing from my tools menu. I checked startup scripts in preferences and it is checked. I tried unchecking it and restarting it then rechecking it and I also tried resetting my preferences when starting bridge. Running OSX 10.8.5 and Bridge 5.0.0.39
    P.S. I feel like this should be an easy fix and an easy thing to search for but I've searched extensively and the only thing I've found is the question asked occasionally. I've not found anything for CS6 and I've not found a solution.

    Yes. I ended up solving this on my own but I did want to revisit it for anyone else who finds this message. I can't believe it had been that long since I'd generated a conatct sheet like this but, for what it's worth, this change is not for the better. Previously you were able to use the tools in indesign to control the quality and file size of the final pdf. The new way of doing it is certainly faster but it gives much less control and I ended up with a 50mb contact sheet when presenting around 150 images
    Anyway, this is how you do it in later versions of CS http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WS42C3020A-DAD1-4f92-8014-012263F3A51D.
    Also, the reason Indesign and After Effects were greyed out when I was trying to use the place command is because I wasn't trying to place a single image I was trying to make a contact sheet. Meaning I had multiple images selected. You can only place one image at a time so the place command is greyed out.

  • Missing InDesign thumbnails in Bridge

    I've just started poking around in Bridge for the first time and my InDesign files don't show up as thumbnails. The files are there, but just white rectangles.
    The help menu acknowledges this may happen and says to:
    PREFERENCES>FILE HANDLING>(check box)ALWAYS SAVE PREVIEW IMAGES WITH DOCUMENTS
    It also says to check the same box in the SAVE window when saving a document.
    My setup has always had those settings, yet there are still no thumbnails.
    All other graphics show up fine.
    Thoughts? Thanks.
    c.
    MacBook Pro 10.4.9 2G RAM CS3

    Hi Ramon,
    I figured out the problem. I wanted to see two pages side by side so I had a blank page one. That's the one Bridge was showing and it was, of course, white.
    Silly me.
    Thanks for your reply.
    c.

  • How do you "load files into photoshop layers" in bridge cc

    I am having difficulty following on instruction in learning photoshop cc.
    The book says to load files as layers select(in Bridge) tools/photoshop/Load files into photoshop Layers.
    There is no Photoshop Option in the Tools Menu in my Bridge CC.
    Is ther another way?
    Dave

    I run Windows 7 Ultimate, I have 2.00GB of RAM with 1.74 usable, and I selected 40 images, each about 2MB.

  • Looking for Software that will preview thumbnails of all pages Indesign documents (like Bridge)

    Hello,
    I am trying to build a library of documents. But the problem is, I have to open each document in Indesign to see what's in it. Does anyone know of a preview type of software that will work with indesign documents, and PowerPoint Documents. Kinda like bridge, but will let me preview all of the pages in each document?
    My thanks in advance.
    Jackie

    If you want it for archive disks that are offline CD Finder / Winder does InDesign previews too. Avoid having to load DVD/Tapes/whatever archival media of choice.
    Mac
    http://www.cdfinder.de/
    Windows
    http://cdwinder.de/

  • Indesign and Mini Bridge

    Hi!
    I am using mini bridge in indesign but if i select some files and press space to get "quick preview" after i exit my files go down in the list. I have few files and i whont to chose what is the best, but it's so irritant.
    If someone need example i will record 10 sec video to see what is going on.

    Right click - go to review mode.
    Then right click on images to add a label.
    I think you can change labels and colours in bridge itself.

  • Laoding files into layers from bridge does not work

    Using photoshop ver 14.2.1x64 and bridge on a PC.. While in Bridge, I selected 2 pictures, selected tools, photoshop and load files into layers. It does not work. any ideas of how to make it work

    You get 5 gold stars, I also have cc2014 and it works, thank you.
    On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Warunicorn <[email protected]>

  • Show InDesign spreads in Bridge

    We recently upgraded to CS5. In CS3, Bridge showed the start spread for InDesign documents as previews, but in CS5 only the first page of a document shows up. We much prefer to see both pages, is there any way to get Bridge to show the full start spread again?

    Hi Ramon,
    I figured out the problem. I wanted to see two pages side by side so I had a blank page one. That's the one Bridge was showing and it was, of course, white.
    Silly me.
    Thanks for your reply.
    c.

  • Looking for the InDesign tools in Bridge from Previous versions of CS (3?)

    Previous Versions of CS (3 I Believe) had a tool in Bridge where you could create a InDesign Page or Book from The Tools menu.
    This was similar to the Contact sheet option for Photoshop but created a book instead of individual pages.
    Whould  anyone know how to do this with CS6 or are there any 3rd party options to do this?
    Thanks!

    Whould  anyone know how to do this with CS6 or are there any 3rd party options to do this?
    This is the site where you can get it, it is not free anymore but I heard good reports of it
    http://creativescripting.net

  • Spread view for InDesign docs in Bridge

    I'm still looking for a way to get that feature back (until CS4). But it seems that there is no script or plugin that can do the job of telling ID to save spreads as previews instead of the useless single pages. The fun thing is, that ID knows that pages are single pages or spreads but ignores it, when it comes to save the previews for Bridge. Just annoying. Please Adobe make up your mind!

    Here is how we work:
    We create brochures for a furniture store. We are 6 designers, 1 image editor and 6 photographers who work parallel on the same project. We use Bridge to browse and stay up to date. Each spread is a separate InDesign document. A brochure with 20 pages consists of 11 indd-files. The background is that all designers can work on the same project. Every designer has its main resort. But the articles one spread can be from different departments and we need to see in Bridge the whole spread to see it. Ready pages are visually marked in the document for the image editor, so he sees where pictures need to be retouched. Now with single pages he sees only have of its work. Also it was good to browse through old brochures to look for special marketing layouts and to generally get a feel during designing if it looks "nice". Exporting PDFs is on our network architecture a time consuming procedure, since all elements are stored on different network shares. The whole process of creating the brochures takes place on servers. We are not allowed to store any data on our local machines. Due to the fact that all data needs to backed up and there ware always persons who "forget" to put its daily work back on the server.

Maybe you are looking for

  • Read only custom field for particular user

    Hi, I have requirement to few enterprise custom field should be edited by only top management,Project manager and team member can only read the same field. Like i have one custom enterprise  baseline finish date,which need to update by only IT GM,and

  • HELP Please!!! downloaded itunes7 now music missing

    Ok my problem is a bit complicated. I had a problem with my computer and had to reinstall my windows operating system which locked my user account and i could not access it. so i was using a new one that was with only simple applications so no music

  • Anchored blocks in InDesign CS5

    Hello, can somebody help me with a boring problem with the anchored blocks. The layout was made in CS4. The anchored blocks were set to be unmovable. Now in CS5, everytime I try to deselect that chekbox, the application quits so I'm not able to chang

  • Can somebody recommend a remote desktop support solution?

    I am looking for a remote desktop solution to support our remote office(s) Mac systems.  Apple Remote Desktop is not an option.  All versions of VNC that we have tried will not work with Mac Lion.  Bomgar has been ruled out because of finances. Anybo

  • Converting application SQL code

    I see that the migration workbench will convert stored procedures. Are there any tools that will help to sniff out or convert application SQL code for MS SQL into SQL supported by Oracle. I am converting from SQL Server 7 to Oracle 8i. Any help would