How to use Variable data, text and images - Adobe Photoshop CC tutorial

Welcome to this complete tutorial on how to import and save variable data in Adobe Photoshop CC 2020. We start of with a blank document and a spreadsheet and end up with 20 different data sets which can be saved as .psd .jpeg and .pdf! Make sure to subscribe if it helped you!
(00:00) Start
(00:16) Set up Photoshop document
(01:25) Define the variables
(03:14) Set up spreadsheet
(04:00) Copy path images
(04:57) Importing the data sets
(05:52) save as .psd
(06:44) save as .jpeg
(07:40) save as .pdf

[@PrimoTutorials]

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[@Muhammadkaun]

Thank you so much for the video. For the most part it works. I only wanted to know that how did you brought your first map picture of Australia which is probably "Pixelvariable1" in the first place. Because whenever I try to bring my picture it opens in the next project not in the same project as I can work with the texts. This is the only problem i am facing. Thank you

[@britticus968]

This is the most important graphic design tutorial I've ever watched. Saves literally hundreds of hours.

[@Samex4rill]

It's important to note to you guys that you need to first save all VARIABLES as PSD before proceeding to run the JPGs
You are welcome 🤗

[@xChikyx]

oh, that explains a lot lol

[@oscarpadilla4445]

I had an issue with the .csv file from excel for years and I had no idea it was everyone else too until this video. This was a great tutorial and really helped me solidify my understanding of this process. Also picked up the skill for pixel replacement while I was at it. Thank you so much.

[@MeganGreen-um7po]

Your tutorial is fantastic. Thank you. I was struggling with the instructions on the CC website and I was able to follow along and finally complete my project!

[@shoebillbooks9144]

The google spreadsheet was a good hack. I was struggling with the formatting, but the google spreadsheet solved the issue. Thank you Primo!

[@danstamante]

This is so useful, i'm so thankful for this tutorial. I used it for another thing but work perfect for me.

[@UldisBiz]

Super-useful. I've been using Photoshop for years but this was new stuff to me. Thanks for the video.

[@saltyscrub3192]

Thank you for taking pauses and speaking clearly, and posting time stamps in the description. The pace of this video is perfect. Most tutorials are 3 hours long or 10 minutes of micro machines talking.

[@PrimoTutorials]

Thanks! I take my time to make clear and straight forward tutorials so this is a great compliment!

[@cailloux2]

Totally agree! Amazing clarity and amount of (actionable) information!

[@jameshofstra5487]

@@PrimoTutorials Hi, Great tutorial! How can i save the files as PNG? thanks

[@marcokuhnen5773]

Wow...perfect Video. 8 Minutes and was just what I was looking out for. Thanks.

[@cerebrustusbordungolski7183]

Insanely useful, high quality tutorial!

[@gadangfawwaz6389]

Thanks mate, you saved my life! Keep up the good work for Photoshop tutorials!

[@LukeAhearn]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I make a lot of card game cards and this just saved me hours of work.

[@dinotorto681]

This is SUCH a time saver omg thank you ❤

[@thomasduthie]

This is an amazing tutorial, thank you!

[@PreemptiveStrike]

Thanks dude, this was super helpful! Just FYI using Excel CSV still worked for me as long as I re-save it after the export.

[@VandennKrouch]

So good! Thanks. Searched all day for this and finally found your video.

[@Pratikified]

Thank you this is what I'm looking for ages! I will try this tomo.

[@dailyfactory247]

Love this. Worked so many times with it! Thank you for this! So much worth!! Greetings from germany, and thank you thank you thank you

[@irisreffronen]

Excellent and clear explanation! Thank you

[@anything4030]

Salute to the real hero for saving our precious time. Instant subscribe!

[@PrimoTutorials]

Thanks!

[@zKoruja]

Hey dude, here I am again. I just wanted to thank you A LOT for this tutorial and for doing that research to help me with some brazilian names. I actually managed to make all of the invitations for each guest to my wedding party. YOU helped me so much! Again, thank you VERY VERY MUCH! And sorry for any mistake in language :)

[@PrimoTutorials]

Cool man! Congrats on your wedding!

[@AlexZuga]

This is such an excellent video! Thanks a lot! You made me save a lot of time!!!

[@joebalingit]

Very helpful. Just subscribed and like the video. Hope to see more helpful videos like this in the future.

[@devinchopra1302]

Thank you so much for this extremely useful tutorial

[@jachi404]

thank you very much you saved me a lot of time, very clear great video!

[@haronpaullorente4965]

Thank you! This helped a lot! 😀

[@zedofgaming7390]

Thank you so much!Love from India!

[@Brillig2]

I haven't used Photoshop in years. I was looking for something to do exactly what this video explains. I think. I'll try it out tomorrow.

[@PrimoTutorials]

Good luck. You can do it in illustrator or coreldraw as well. You can see that video's on my channel

[@andreimoldovanu9931]

Thank you, really good tutorial!

[@b.sgaming6870]

understand the basics of the software untill now. Your guide is very very good quite simple and very helpful. I gave you a like and a sub

[@vimukthikaushalya]

Thank you very much. A very clear tutorial.

[@meditationandrelaxationmus1708]

You saved my day! Thank you so much!

[@verenal.1477]

Great tutorial, thanks for taking the time to make it :)

[@ahmadalsabbagh2865]

ty very much man really helpful . i was changing cards number manually for 2 days xd

[@AnasMations]

I didn't even know that this feature exists, thank you!

[@adamgoldberg98]

Wow thank you just what i was looking for

[@Harrun]

Thank you, this was helpful.

[@youssefelmrabet7033]

Thank you, you really saved me.

[@sasaaaaa100]

loved it, u r very organised and knowledgable

[@PrimoTutorials]

My wife disagrees

[@WillowStudio]

perfect explanation

[@celinepark2169]

you. are. a, life. saver. freaking amazing. thank you.

[@mrsefaozturk]

Thanks, This is so useful.

[@vianmarcel818]

Thank you so much, you saved me

[@quocientra2385]

Awesome, this tut helps me today

[@agungpre2908]

Dope, thanks dude!

[@user-sy4mp8hq6i]

Great video! It is possible to create invoices using similar method? I wasn't so sure how to add multiple data in invoice such as description, qty, price and etc...

[@nadeeshanweerakkodi]

Thanks a lot, you saved my time

[@mntk]

Thank you so much!

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[@tusmon94]

super helpful, thanks!

[@alexemma2826]

Thank you so much 😭😭❤️

[@focus4vision383]

Thank You Primo Graphics

[@burakakpnar9543]

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing. I have a question, is there any way to get images directly from website instead of my computer? I tried to paste url in excel and try to import it but it didn't work.

[@norulestravel]

good tutorial.. thanks bud

[@dammitbobby283]

This is great, Thanks

[@xChikyx]

Very very useful, thanks

[@Altohamy]

thank you very much

[@user-wt6ll2lq3k]

cool, thank you!!

[@vaanresvaanica]

Niceeeee! Thank you so much

[@CiprianTrip]

Great tutorial, thanks.
Is there any way to import pixel data seta and rotate the layers before export? My design has image layers that are rotated, but the source files are at a straight angle.

[@xcesta]

Very useful! Thanks!

[@ratnesh8297]

thank a lot you helped me make a my colleges tech fest id card bless you mate

[@Chriscs7]

Great tutorial. Can we do this via CLI tool bash/bat some fully automated way ? So you have the csv file and call a command and photoshop automatically generates the jpegs

[@Secretteescom]

Thank you!

[@HotRodMarketing]

Interesting video. What about if you want to batch export your images to PNG with a transparent background. Is there a way to do that?

[@kennethespelita6009]

hi, found your tutorial to be very helpful. thank you so much! i tried it once and itworked, but now, when i export data sets as files and click ok, the saving process overwrites the file on the folder instead of saving it with numbers, can you help me with this? highly appreciate your reply.

[@MrFartade]

you are a Master!

[@davipolato3738]

YOU ARE AMAZING

[@BDiTech]

Big Thanks 🙏

[@MsNerman]

super awesome...

[@boshra1012]

Thank you!!!

[@Faceme7]

Thank you very Much.. Long live..

[@inthetichiem4496]

Great, can you make a video on how to add barcodes automatically to adobe illutrator? thank you so much

[@iconoplasty]

Thanks for the video! This is super useful. Is there a way to use the variable data to set the exported file names?

[@andreimoldovanu9931]

A year later but I’ll answer in case someone else is looking for this. To do that you have to tick the option when importing the data for the first column to define the name of the data set. Then, when you export them, you will be able to select dataset name as a variable in the name.

[@ProfesorCafe]

Fucking phenomenal, this has to be one of the most concise down-to-earth PS tutorials I've seen in my life. Fucking THANK YOU, you're the best.

[@jean-marcmbay5151]

Let’s go!!!

[@TheWaqaspuri]

Copy is a Path new thing for me. :-)
it works good, I copy things like doing it myself all the files indvidually.

[@H-3.1.9]

Hi, great guide! How to save files as PNG batch files? thank

[@popbux]

YOU CHANGED MY LIFE

[@PrimoTutorials]

Slow down man it's just a tutorial haha

[@carllindegaard2231]

Great tutorial, extremely helpful and super fast and concise!
I am though having a bit trouble with some of my images not being the right size after importing the data set, some variable images work fine while others gets smaller everytime I import a new version of the data set ... anyone knows why this happens?

[@PrimoTutorials]

Try going back to the original file before importing a new version. Might be because it keeps the crop of the imported dataset as new maximum size.

[@ase0077]

💖 thanks you

[@unnegociolocal.]

I love it

[@azharzack]

thanks bro

[@rahulujjal8245]

Thanks!

[@britsluver]

So clever ♡

[@RandyDryEyes]

thank you

[@xouat]

Goed bezig, dude! Thanks a lot!

[@PrimoTutorials]

Dankjewel!

[@berekettadesse4015]

thank you sir, one question is there anyway to rename the file name with one of the variables??

[@blatant3d978]

Thank you :)

[@quotelyricist2841]

Amazing Tips and very helpful tutorial

[@cfx9567]

Thank you

[@cfx9567]

Really saved lots of time

[@deckerkikinda1]

This is a great tutorial, but can you help with creating variables in perspective? I don't need only flat images, so this is a problematic issue to me. Thanks!

[@listlessh]

Just a thought, you could try using the 3D object feature? i.e. a 3D plane oriented how you need it, with the image applied as a texture?

[@laurachessar4556]

This is a great tutorial. Could you tell me how to stop hyphens form appearing in paragraph text? I have it unticked in the paragraph settings, but they still appear. 🙂

[@PrimoTutorials]

There is a text tool tutorial on my channel that might cover your question! Good luck.

[@BerengerCyne]

Great tutorial! I cannot display words with accents or with €. Any advice?

[@strangehassanit3109]

Thanks

[@raissasani9034]

thanks

[@SamSilk]

is it possible to embed the image's own exif data in a text layer?

[@asylux1096]

Great tutorial. One question. If you you have a text file of numbers, like 1000, however, you need them centered from the center, for example 1000 is in in the middle of a circle. So when number 1 is printed, its natural place should be the center, rather than to the right. I'm sure there's a simple way for this but I'm having a hard time finding it. Thank you for this tutorial!

[@asylux1096]

Ah... simple I think. Make sure to have text center aligned, rather than aligned to the the right or left.

[@PrimoTutorials]

The right answer to your own question haha

[@AuroraSuperstellar]

So beyond helpful; at the end of the video, I immediately subscribed. I saw your most recent video was posted months ago- hope you're well and maybe come back someday.

[@PrimoTutorials]

Thanks for the support. Im doing fine just too busy to make any new videos. Planning to make new videos in a month or two!