Adobe InDesign Extension
The HIVO Adobe InDesign plugin simplifies digital asset management for creatives, offering seamless search, import and uploading functionality directly within the InDesign interface.
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The HIVO Adobe InDesign plugin simplifies digital asset management for creatives, offering seamless search, import and uploading functionality directly within the InDesign interface.
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With the HIVO plugin, users can easily locate, import, and upload media assets, making their creative workflows more efficient. This simplifies version control and allows users to focus on their design work.
For customers who have purchased the integration, the HIVO InDesign extension can be downloaded from Adobe Exchange here.
Open Adobe InDesign on your computer.
Go to the Extensions menu in InDesign to open the Adobe Exchange, or visit the listing page on Adobe Exchange here.
Search for the HIVO extension.
Click the Install button, then follow the prompts to complete the installation.
In InDesign, go to the Window menu.
Select Extensions and click on HIVO to open the HIVO extension panel.
In the HIVO extension panel, go to the Login tab and enter your HIVO credentials (username and password).
If you have purchased Single Sign-On (SSO), you can log in using the passwordless option. If you log in via email and password, ensure you enter the email linked to your HIVO account with the purchased InDesign connector.
The HIVO Adobe InDesign plugin offers a search function to help users find media assets stored in the HIVO library directly from within the InDesign interface.
In InDesign, click on the Assets tab in the HIVO extension.
Users can browse HIVO files that they have permission to access by clicking on the Assets tab within the InDesign connector. You can search for assets by:
Using the search bar.
Navigating through tags.
Browsing through folders in your HIVO library.
You can import assets from the HIVO library directly into your InDesign project:
Locate the assets you need in the HIVO plugin.
Select the version of the asset you wish to import. The asset will appear in your project and be ready to use.
Asset versions can easily switched out making it seamless to keep your InDesign project file light weight by using low-res versions and then swapping to high-res versions when you are ready to export or go to print for example. To swap between different asset versions:
Just click on the image that you have imported
Click on the new version you want to use and the connector will swap the versions for you.
User permissions in the HIVO plugin match those in the main HIVO platform. When a user logs in through the InDesign extension, they can only view and use the assets they have access to in HIVO.
HIVO assets exist as a linked HIVO url within InDesign, as opposed to the asset being stored on your desktop. To Relink a HIVO asset to InDesign, click the Relink button in the Document tab:
The plugin allows users to export new assets directly to the HIVO library:
In the HIVO Extension in InDesign, go to the Export tab.
Click Export as New Asset.
Select "Approval Template", if you need.
Choose the folder in your HIVO library.
Click Export as New Asset again to complete the upload.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask, we're always here to help!
