#selecting a box and cutting it and moving it from photoshop to indesign without loosing any quality.

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reef fern
hasty quest
# reef fern

In Photoshop, you might want to work on artboards in the first place. Each of the strips of your design could be a separate artboard. Then you could use the slice tool to cut the strip to equal parts, just like if you were setting up an Instagram carousel. Export with export for web and place images in InDesign

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The quality goes down to what resolution your canvas in Photoshop is

reef fern
hasty quest
reef fern
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It will end up like this.

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It’s a really bad version and needs to be put onto a template for it to work 100%

reef fern
cinder moon
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We call it a concertina 🙂 (sometimes also called accordion apparently)

reef fern
cinder moon
reef fern
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I got a template as the assignment has special requirements for sizing but my main issue is getting it into the template from the way I have it currently

cinder moon
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But the advice @hasty quest is still valid, you need to set up the Photoshop file with the exact same dimensions than the final file in InDesign will be (including resolution) and work with artboards

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I would at the very least, cut it into the panels you need to, and separate each panel into its own layer, and then export the layers as spearate files

reef fern
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I don’t fully understand art boards as once I highlight one bit the rest disappears and I need the rest to do the rest of the art boards

cinder moon
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file>export>layers as files

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or if you're using artboards: File>export>artboards as files

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Then maybe it's easier to cut your file into chunks?

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create a flattened version of your file, and start to cut it into layers (select, then CTRL+SHIFT+J)

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it will cut the selection into its own layer... Go back to the main layer, select another area and then cut again... Do this for all your areas

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But the result will not be good if you don't have the same size and resolution in your photoshop document than in your InDesign project

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That's super important

reef fern
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Uh

cinder moon
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Once in in design, you can just link the images to your files so the document in itself will be super light

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no need to embed them

reef fern
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I know nothing about anything, like idk how to flatten, embed nothing.

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😭

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I’ve tried learning the basics

cinder moon
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Well, it's time to learn!
To flatten the best bet is to save as to create a duplicate a new document (obviously when the design is complete)

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when you "save as" (file>save as) you have the possibility to untick layers

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see how it's ticked now, you can untick it, it will flatten the image

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Now you will be working from this duplicate (obviously name it something different than the previous one)

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And then you can work from the duplicate, and you will keep your guide

reef fern
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What if I already only have one layer? I had them merged this morning.

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Or is that not considered flattened?

cinder moon
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Now on this new document you will have to select and cut like I explained above
I told you about the keyboard shortcuts but you can also do it via the menu

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cinder moon
reef fern
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I’m confident 😎

cinder moon
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OK, you're good then

reef fern
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I can’t layer cut?

cinder moon
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once all your different areas are cut into layers, just export them in PNG or TIFF so the quality is good) with file>export>layers as files

reef fern
cinder moon
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1- you need to select first
2/ your layer cannot be locked

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that is a locked layer

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reef fern
cinder moon
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double click on it to unlock

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So you need to select first

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FYI videos like that don't help, they display very small and I can't see anything 🙂
A proper screenshot is better
(SHIFT+WinKey+S to get a screenshot)

reef fern
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Mb I’ll switch to my PC

cinder moon
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Have you selected anything before going to "Layers"

reef fern
reef fern
cinder moon
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select with a slection tool
What you have is a "highlighted" layer

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not the same thing

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Select with the rectangular selection tool, the area you want to cut

reef fern
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is this for selecting the whole thing or one of the sqaures?

cinder moon
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depends what you want to do!

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If you want different square to place into your indesign document, you'll need to select and cut squares

reef fern
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ok cool

cinder moon
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if you need circles, select and cut circles

reef fern
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also one other thing. My Control + C or V or X isnt working through out this whole day

cinder moon
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Your aim is to separate your whole document into each page of the concertina

reef fern
cinder moon
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So you need to select each page and make them separate layers

reef fern
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each sqaure will go into each one of these.

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reef fern
cinder moon
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Yes cool, that will work

reef fern
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ur a legend, I need a lecturer like you

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😂

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all my teachers expect me to know all this since I have an interest.

cinder moon
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you need to do some homework

reef fern
reef fern
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But I really appreciate what youve done for me today, this means I can get it done alot faster. My last resort would of been screenshots 😭

cinder moon
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Don't worry, good luck with this!

reef fern