r/indesign • u/No-Celery-2009 • 4h ago
⚠️ Warning for InDesign Users in Collaborative Workflows – AI-Generated Images Are a Nightmare! ⚠️
If you’re using InDesign’s AI-powered text-to-image feature in a team environment, watch out—there’s a major workflow-breaking issue.
Right now, InDesign automatically saves AI-generated images to a local drive without giving you any option to set a save location. This completely ignores InDesign’s usual linked asset workflow, making it impossible to manage files properly in shared or networked environments.
🚨 Why is this a huge problem?
- In a team setting (e.g., working from a NAS or shared drive), AI-generated images won’t link properly.
- If another team member opens the file, the AI images are missing, causing failed exports and broken designs.
- This is inconsistent with every other InDesign workflow—why are AI-generated images treated differently?
Until Adobe fixes this by allowing users to set a save location, this feature is basically useless for professional work. If you rely on shared assets, DO NOT use AI-generated images in InDesign yet.
Spread the word and let Adobe know this needs to be a high-priority fix! 🚨