Export to Photoshop / PSD format
this is very important feature, that will make life of many designers and their clients much better
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Anonymous
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To quickly import PSD in Dreamweaver with accuracy, I need dis ;)
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Drawcard
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This so needs to happen. All the mobile devs I work with only accept PSD files, and it's a pain to export each artboard to SVG -> Open in AI -> Remove clipping boxes etc -> export AI to PSD... it makes no sense. Adobe makes Photoshop so it has to be supported.
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rolf
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please do it for next update!! ; ) ; ) ; )
YOU are the Photoshop co! You do XD! Why wait to
1. export XD files into layered psd files?!
it is not enough to share XD flat png screen with other, if you need them to edit the elements/texts in photoshop and separate those elements too!2. import layered psd in XD!
when do you realistically see at least the export as psd from xd?
since i did not realize such a natural instinct for xd would be missed by adobe in initial xd version, i did whole site home page in xd and now have to redo it all in psd, since xc does not export.
thanks
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Yasser Nazmy commented
Adobe XD is a beautiful tool for Ui/Ux designers, I find it to be an absolute blessing. In my professional career I have always encountered difficulties when it came to communicating my designs with developers, the prototyping tool made things a lot easier for them to understand certain animations and functionalities. However they still do not recommend that I use Adobe XD as my primary design tool as it does not export the design as a PSD, and suggested that I use Photoshop instead and use XD only to highlight certain features.
I honestly disagree with them because:
1- I like to disagree with them all the time (I can't help it)
2- Adobe XD is just the best tool when it comes to interaction design, and it has been cleverly crafted for a certain type of design methodology.It is important for me that this tool evolves into the world's primary software for UI/UX design, however if I do use it I will be in constant clash with my development team. For certain technical reasons, that I as a designer can't completely fathom, it is important that developers receive my design as a layered PSD.
I think for Adobe XD to bridge the gap between designers and developers, it should integrate exporting features that enable designers to save their files as layered PSDs. For this to be implemented, XD must first introduce layers to its software so that the design process could be fast, clean and organised.
I come from Egypt where developers don't understand any file format other than PSD. I tried using InDesign, a far more superior and flexible software, but that proved to be an epic failure, since there was no ability to export as PSD either. You have no idea how happy I am with Adobe XD, it is simply the answer to all my prayers since I started paying attention to Interaction Design classes in uni. As a designer I urge you to make the Adobe XD experience more comprehensive and productive by adding this feature.
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jerz commented
This is something i was already expecting. I thought about this when delivering files to developers.
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Aleksei
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Yes, ability to export XD project to something like Photoshop or Extract is vital. Otherwise XD is a dead end in the workflow.
We can spend a lot of time on development of nice mockups with balanced UI. But in the end of the day, UI designer will have to start the entire work from scratch to create a format that will be readable by HTML markupers.
Right now, XD — it's a dead end in our workflow. And we'd like it to be one of the stages.
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Anonymous
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some clients dont have XD, so ask me the .psd file.
come on Adobe, you are on fire!! :) -
Kamalesh mv
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Hi Kindly add export to .psd with layer for adobe XD
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New Leaf Interactive
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Exporting from XD to a layered Photoshop file is a showstopper feature for me when it comes to working with Development Teams. I freelance with lots of interactive agencies, and all their development teams expect either retina-display or standard resolution PSD files for some/many/all page designs for tablet and mobile.
I would love to use XD to change my workflow, so that I only doing 1 or 2 pages in Photoshop (because I'm most comfortable there), and then importing those into XD, and then doing all subsequent designs in XD.
That workflow would make my life as a designer much easier, especially when working with clients who don't understand responsive. I could show them the functionality of the website in XD, get approval, and then prior to handoff of the designs to the Devs, I could export the XD files as PSDs.
I'm really looking forward to this feature. I'm not sure how I could actually work around it right now when working with a large organization. It's not a problem if you do Dev/Design both (as many of us do). But agency Dev Teams? And offshore teams especially? They want those PSD files.
Thanks -- Product is looking AMAZING so far...
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CJ
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YES PLEASE! PSD or other layered file type is essential - especially when working with devs. How is this done in Sketch?
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[Deleted User]
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Effectively Photoshop isn't the right software to design ui, even if it's vastly used.
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Octav
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All my clients (developers, integrators) does not subscribe to CC. It use many Photoshop CS6. They ask me the .psd file of my job to be able to export and edit each element. So yes, I want an export .psd (which will be a benefit to sketch app). If I can not provide a .psd file, it will not work with me but with a designer who works on photoshop only. Please add an .psd export !
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JL
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I'm a bit surprised that we cannot change the export file type to say, PSD. Sometimes wireframes can be handed off to a UI designer who might want to use PSD instead of XD.
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Gus
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PSD export would be grand, so all the objects are placeholder layers that can easily be replaced with real design assets.
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Ben
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I'd love it if I could easily replicate an XD file into a PSD.
e.g. I've currently created a wireframe flow and a load of artboards in XD (with rough type/asset placement). Currently I'd need to manually recreate everything in Photoshop in a PSD, to continue with the design. It'd be very handy if XD could instantly generate that PSD for me, so I can continue in Photoshop.
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Andrea Pilutti
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Yes it would be nice to be able to export in PSD.
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badraft
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We need export as a Psd or export multiple formats or use Extract to transfer layout objects CSS to Dreamweaver like creative cloud extract.