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🚧 How to Use the PSD Import (Beta)

Import your Photoshop files into Zuuvi – with a few limitations to keep in mind.

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Written by Anna Sophie Witte
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Zuuvi’s PSD Import is a new feature that lets you import your designs directly from Photoshop into Studio. It’s still in beta, so not everything will be perfect – but it’s already super handy if you're looking to bring in your designs as a starting point.

Here’s what’s supported (and what’s not) so you can set your expectations and make the most out of it 👇


❗ Disclaimer: This feature is in BETA

  • This feature has not been fully tested, and bugs or glitches may occur.

  • You might experience incomplete or incorrect rendering of some design elements.

  • We're actively improving it, so the behaviour and limitations may change in future updates.


🛑 Not Supported (yet)

Text Elements

  • Mixed styles in one text layer aren’t supported:

    • Fonts, sizes, and colours must be consistent per layer

  • If you use mixed styles, we’ll just keep the first one

Images & Masks

  • Masked images will be shown uncropped (the entire image is displayed)

  • Shape layers will be imported as images, meaning you can’t edit shapes in Zuuvi

Fonts

  • Only Google Fonts are supported

  • System or custom fonts will be replaced with Arial


✅ What Works Well

Artboards = Formats

  • Artboards become individual formats in Zuuvi

  • Only visible artboards will be imported

  • Layers outside of artboards won’t be included

  • If your PSD has no artboards, the entire canvas becomes one format

This is an example of how the content should be structured.

Layers

  • Text layers → stay editable

  • Groups → preserved (unless nested)

  • Everything else → imported as images


🧠 Consider Before Importing

Use Only Photoshop PSDs

PSD files must be saved in Adobe Photoshop.
Files created in other tools (like Photopea) may fail to import.

Rasterise Non-Text Layers

We strongly recommend rasterising all non-text layers before import.
This improves accuracy, fixes some shadow issues, and reduces file size.

⚙️ Use 72 px/inch Resolution

Other resolutions aren’t supported.


🔍 Effects, Shadows & Borders

Shadows

  • Only one box shadow is applied

  • Text shadows apply to the text container, not individual letters

  • If your shadow looks odd, try rasterising the layer

Rasterised vs. Non-rasterised

Borders

  • Borders as effects work (and can be updated in Zuuvi)

  • Borders from shape appearance get merged into the image permanently

  • No support for opacity or border position – always outer & solid


🔍 Effects, Shadows & Borders

Shadows

  • Only one box shadow is applied

  • Text shadows apply to the text container, not individual letters

  • If your shadow looks odd, try rasterising the layer

Rasterised vs. Non-rasterised

Borders

  • Borders as effects work (and can be updated in Zuuvi)

  • Borders from shape appearance get merged into the image permanently

  • No support for opacity or border position – always outer & solid


📦 Grouping, Nesting & Rotation

  • Nested groups will be flattened – only the top-level group remains

  • Hidden nested groups will be ignored

  • Rotating groups is not supported – rotate individual elements instead


🖼️ Reference Images

  • One reference image per format

  • Appears behind all other elements

  • Effects are not displayed

  • If a layer has different content but the same name across artboards – only one stays


⭕ Rounded Layers

Rounded shapes become images in Zuuvi.
That means shadows will appear as rectangles even if the shape looks oval.


That’s it for now – but stay tuned as this feature improves! 😊
Let us know if something looks off, or if you have a PSD you want us to test with.

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