In short: Brand DNA, Design Kits, New Design Kit, then upload.

Once the file is structured properly, importing is the easy part. PSDs suit teams working in Photoshop, IDMLs suit teams in InDesign who want text frames and image boxes to arrive intact.

1

Upload the file

New Design Kit takes your PSD or IDML and parses the structure it finds.

2

Check what it mapped

Layers become editable placeholders or locked elements. This is the moment to confirm the right things ended up editable.

3

Fix names now, not later

Anything that did not map usually comes down to naming, and correcting it here saves rebuilding the kit.

Once imported, the kit behaves like any other, with a parent you adapt and children you clone from it.

Last updated 12 August 2026