Much Needed

I think one of the powerful thing that Adobe XD can have is full support to PSD and AI. I don't get the import option that we have right now. I'm talking about option that I can place a PSD and "edit original" from XD, same like in InDesign.

Totes! This feature should have been implemented from the start. One of the reason I'm holding back from fully embracing XD tool. Adobe, I know you have the resources let's just get 'er done!

Is there another workaround for this besides for having all images/illustrations in a CC library? How am I supposed to edit an image after I've imported it into Adobe XD? Makes no sense why this isn't a feature

I'd be fine with using PSD files for the moment

Building components in Illustrator, exported with Asset Export with XD having ability to update imported graphics automatically as InDesign can.

The Fireworks ability to edit master file assets were created with was a huge time saver.

Transform the object to symbol It's simple to refresh whole instance after change it

Oh yeah. This leverages many existing workflows for file and version management. As far as I know, Sketch doesn't do it without a plugin.

Tretating copy/paste vectors from illustrator as smart objects, the same way photoshop does.
Double clicking on the vector layer on XD would open it on Ai so you can make your changes, hit save, and they'd reflect on xd.

This should be a priority. It would be nice to have auto updating links from the filesystem. This suggestion goes hand in hand with another suggestion on providing additional properties on images such as source.

Totally agree with this.

Currently have an image with text on top in XD which isn't working so I am editing in PS, exporting and then dragging into XD, to see how it looks with the text on top, having to go back to PS and start the cycle again. Not very efficent way of working.

De la même manière que fonctionne : Invision
Un outil sur photoshop qui permettrait de synchroniser les Artboards avec le projet sur XD

Similar to Ind and Ai, it would be great to have an active location for all linked images. That way, any changes I make on a file on eg PSD will be automatically linked to XD. Or I can go in and manually relink files. Otherwise, I have to remember where my files are and manually pull them into XD.

As probably XD won't be so powerful as Illustrator or photoshop are in creating graphics, it could be very useful to link XD artboards to ILL/PS artboards dynamically (and 2way), so I can design on ILL/PS and have a direct link to XD artboards, keeping the prototyping settings updated for the objects.

Hi Elaine,

Yes! I think it could be useful.

Thanks you!

For the design I use InDesign as InDesign is much more powerful as XD. I export my Designs as PNG and import those PNGs in XD to create linked artboards for customer presentations.
It would be very much needed to have extern links (as in InDesign) pointing to those PNGs. Each time I update my Design in InDesign and export automated all PNGs all screens in XD would also be updated. I conceptualize webprojects with more than 200+ screens and this would speed up prototyping tremendously.
Anyway XD rules – really like it – just miss this killer feature!

Sorry if I couldn't explain my idea in a right way.
I mean that using vectors as Smart Objects could be useful.

I need to use Illustrator (copy and paste) to make changes in my vectors if they are complex (a group of shapes). Because I can´t separate groups of shapes and edit it each part directly in XD.

I hope I had explained my idea clearer!

Would be great to edit smart objects directly. I have designed an icon (which have strokes and filled shapes), to change stroke size and color I must go to Illustrator.

Other idea is to edit vectors as Smart Objects in Photoshop (double click > Illustrator > Save > Return Photoshop)

Hi Elaine

RE your comments.

I discovered my previous estimation that images size and position could not be independently modified once inside a mask to be untrue so I jumped the gun complaining about this. My bad. Although I don't recall seeing this documented I discovered it by accident.

Linked images absolutely this is the way not only indesign but html works as well. It also allows you to have common assets throughout the layout where appropriate.

With respect to placement, this goes to something I would like to see program wide which is setting css properities and having the artboards render those properties accurately. Most especially sizing and positioning with percentage based values, as well as things all the basic css properities like padding, margins etc...

I am a designer and developer so I see it from both sides and XD is still too limited in it's vision as far I can see. Everything is still pretty much arbitrary position according to pixel values which is not how responsive design is best achieved in development.

At this point while I am seeing things in XD I really like, (repeating fields are cool, the artboard workspace is great), I am not seeing anything dramatically new otherwise for layout and design, it still works pretty much like indesign with a different UI but is not nearly as powerful.

A truly great UI/website design tool should bridge the gap as much as possible between designers and developers by having them work on the same page as much as possible. Right now in my estimation XD is still just a design tool that creates pretty pictures and leaves developers with the burden of having to start from scratch.

Any update to when this feature will be coming? Option to link objects from a PSD or AI source to maintain a single updateable reference. Come on Adobe XD team...hard time understanding why this is not a priority feature update.