Collecting Images Without Packaging

Sometimes, way before you get to the File > Package stage of a project, you need to quickly gather a few or all of the layout’s linked high-res images in one place and do something with them—send them to a freelancer, for example, or back them up to an external drive.

The fastest way I know to do this is to first select the images you want to gather in the Links panel (Shift- or Command/Ctrl-click to select more than one).



Then choose Copy Links To from the Links panel menu (or even easier, just right-click on one of the images in the panel to use the contextual menu).



Specify a folder where you want the files copied to, click OK, and you’re done.



Note that your layout file will be linked to the new copies, so this can also be a good way to do a little organizational pre-packaging too.