diff --git a/plugin-src/RemoteComponentLibrary.ts b/plugin-src/RemoteComponentLibrary.ts
index 69a0ca7..fd53770 100644
--- a/plugin-src/RemoteComponentLibrary.ts
+++ b/plugin-src/RemoteComponentLibrary.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ class RemoteComponentsLibrary {
   public remaining(): number {
     return this.queue.length;
   }
+
+  public total(): number {
+    return Object.keys(this.components).length;
+  }
 }
 
 export const remoteComponentLibrary = new RemoteComponentsLibrary();
diff --git a/plugin-src/transformers/transformDocumentNode.ts b/plugin-src/transformers/transformDocumentNode.ts
index 8371f2d..236d356 100644
--- a/plugin-src/transformers/transformDocumentNode.ts
+++ b/plugin-src/transformers/transformDocumentNode.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,52 @@ import { remoteComponentLibrary } from '@plugin/RemoteComponentLibrary';
 import { translateRemoteChildren } from '@plugin/translators';
 import { sleep } from '@plugin/utils';
 
+import { PenpotPage } from '@ui/lib/types/penpotPage';
 import { PenpotDocument } from '@ui/types';
 
 import { transformPageNode } from '.';
 
-export const transformDocumentNode = async (node: DocumentNode): Promise<PenpotDocument> => {
+const downloadImages = async (): Promise<Record<string, Uint8Array>> => {
+  const imageToDownload = Object.entries(imagesLibrary.all());
+  const images: Record<string, Uint8Array> = {};
+  let currentImage = 1;
+
+  figma.ui.postMessage({
+    type: 'PROGRESS_STEP',
+    data: 'images'
+  });
+
+  figma.ui.postMessage({
+    type: 'PROGRESS_TOTAL_ITEMS',
+    data: imageToDownload.length
+  });
+
+  for (const [key, image] of imageToDownload) {
+    const bytes = await image?.getBytesAsync();
+
+    if (bytes) {
+      images[key] = bytes;
+    }
+
+    figma.ui.postMessage({
+      type: 'PROGRESS_PROCESSED_ITEMS',
+      data: currentImage++
+    });
+
+    await sleep(0);
+  }
+
+  await sleep(20);
+
+  return images;
+};
+
+const processPages = async (node: DocumentNode): Promise<PenpotPage[]> => {
   const children = [];
   let currentPage = 1;
 
   figma.ui.postMessage({
-    type: 'PROGRESS_TOTAL_PAGES',
+    type: 'PROGRESS_TOTAL_ITEMS',
     data: node.children.length
   });
 
@@ -23,13 +59,19 @@ export const transformDocumentNode = async (node: DocumentNode): Promise<PenpotD
     children.push(await transformPageNode(page));
 
     figma.ui.postMessage({
-      type: 'PROGRESS_PROCESSED_PAGES',
+      type: 'PROGRESS_PROCESSED_ITEMS',
       data: currentPage++
     });
 
     await sleep(0);
   }
 
+  return children;
+};
+
+export const transformDocumentNode = async (node: DocumentNode): Promise<PenpotDocument> => {
+  const children = await processPages(node);
+
   if (remoteComponentLibrary.remaining() > 0) {
     children.push({
       name: 'External Components',
@@ -37,20 +79,10 @@ export const transformDocumentNode = async (node: DocumentNode): Promise<PenpotD
     });
   }
 
-  const images: Record<string, Uint8Array> = {};
-
-  for (const [key, image] of Object.entries(imagesLibrary.all())) {
-    const bytes = await image?.getBytesAsync();
-
-    if (!bytes) continue;
-
-    images[key] = bytes;
-  }
-
   return {
     name: node.name,
     children,
     components: componentsLibrary.all(),
-    images
+    images: await downloadImages()
   };
 };
diff --git a/plugin-src/transformers/transformSceneNode.ts b/plugin-src/transformers/transformSceneNode.ts
index 0cadc88..93af76e 100644
--- a/plugin-src/transformers/transformSceneNode.ts
+++ b/plugin-src/transformers/transformSceneNode.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const transformSceneNode = async (
   let penpotNode: PenpotNode | undefined;
 
   figma.ui.postMessage({
-    type: 'PROGRESS_NODE',
+    type: 'PROGRESS_CURRENT_ITEM',
     data: node.name
   });
 
diff --git a/plugin-src/translators/translateChildren.ts b/plugin-src/translators/translateChildren.ts
index b4c522c..f11ce55 100644
--- a/plugin-src/translators/translateChildren.ts
+++ b/plugin-src/translators/translateChildren.ts
@@ -54,14 +54,30 @@ export const translateChildren = async (
 
 export const translateRemoteChildren = async (): Promise<PenpotNode[]> => {
   const transformedChildren: PenpotNode[] = [];
+  let currentRemote = 1;
+
+  figma.ui.postMessage({
+    type: 'PROGRESS_STEP',
+    data: 'remote'
+  });
 
   while (remoteComponentLibrary.remaining() > 0) {
+    figma.ui.postMessage({
+      type: 'PROGRESS_TOTAL_ITEMS',
+      data: remoteComponentLibrary.total()
+    });
+
     const child = remoteComponentLibrary.next();
 
     const penpotNode = await transformSceneNode(child);
 
     if (penpotNode) transformedChildren.push(penpotNode);
 
+    figma.ui.postMessage({
+      type: 'PROGRESS_PROCESSED_ITEMS',
+      data: currentRemote++
+    });
+
     await sleep(0);
   }
 
diff --git a/ui-src/components/ExporterProgress.tsx b/ui-src/components/ExporterProgress.tsx
index 75b3943..5781237 100644
--- a/ui-src/components/ExporterProgress.tsx
+++ b/ui-src/components/ExporterProgress.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,38 @@
 import { LoadingIndicator } from '@create-figma-plugin/ui';
+import { JSX } from 'react';
 
-import { useFigmaContext } from '@ui/context';
+import { Steps, useFigmaContext } from '@ui/context';
 
 import { Stack } from './Stack';
 
-export const ExporterProgress = () => {
-  const { currentNode, totalPages, processedPages, downloading } = useFigmaContext();
+type Messages = {
+  total: string;
+  current?: string;
+};
+
+const stepMessages: Record<Steps, Messages> = {
+  processing: {
+    total: 'pages processed 💪',
+    current: 'Currently processing layer'
+  },
+  remote: {
+    total: 'remote components processed 📦',
+    current: 'Currently processing layer'
+  },
+  images: {
+    total: 'images downloaded 📸'
+  },
+  optimization: {
+    total: 'images optimized 📸'
+  },
+  downloading: {
+    total: 'Generating Penpot file 🚀',
+    current: 'Please wait, this process might take a while...'
+  }
+};
+
+const StepProgress = (): JSX.Element | null => {
+  const { currentItem, totalItems, processedItems, step } = useFigmaContext();
 
   const truncateText = (text: string, maxChars: number) => {
     if (text.length <= maxChars) {
@@ -15,29 +42,45 @@ export const ExporterProgress = () => {
     return text.slice(0, maxChars) + '...';
   };
 
+  if (!step) return null;
+
+  const currentText = stepMessages[step].current;
+
+  switch (step) {
+    case 'processing':
+    case 'remote':
+    case 'images':
+    case 'optimization':
+      return (
+        <>
+          {processedItems} of {totalItems} {stepMessages[step].total}
+          {currentItem && currentText ? (
+            <>
+              <br />
+              {currentText}
+              <br />
+              {'“' + truncateText(currentItem, 35) + '”'}
+            </>
+          ) : undefined}
+        </>
+      );
+    case 'downloading':
+      return (
+        <>
+          {stepMessages[step].total}
+          <br />
+          {currentText}
+        </>
+      );
+  }
+};
+
+export const ExporterProgress = () => {
   return (
     <Stack space="small" horizontalAlign="center">
       <LoadingIndicator />
       <span style={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>
-        {!downloading ? (
-          <>
-            {processedPages} of {totalPages} pages exported 💪
-            {currentNode ? (
-              <>
-                <br />
-                Currently exporting layer
-                <br />
-                {'“' + truncateText(currentNode, 35) + '”'}
-              </>
-            ) : undefined}
-          </>
-        ) : (
-          <>
-            Generating Penpot file 🚀
-            <br />
-            Please wait, this process might take a while...
-          </>
-        )}
+        <StepProgress />
       </span>
     </Stack>
   );
diff --git a/ui-src/context/index.ts b/ui-src/context/index.ts
index 5c18f31..31d6928 100644
--- a/ui-src/context/index.ts
+++ b/ui-src/context/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 export * from './createGenericContext';
 export * from './FigmaContext';
+export * from './messages';
+export * from './useFigma';
diff --git a/ui-src/context/messages.ts b/ui-src/context/messages.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3009c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-src/context/messages.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { PenpotDocument } from '@ui/types';
+
+import { Steps } from '.';
+
+export type MessageData = { pluginMessage?: PluginMessage };
+
+type PluginMessage =
+  | PenpotDocumentMessage
+  | CustomFontsMessage
+  | ChangesDetectedMessage
+  | ProgressStepMessage
+  | ProgressCurrentItemMessage
+  | ProgressTotalItemsMessage
+  | ProgressProcessedItemsMessage;
+
+type PenpotDocumentMessage = {
+  type: 'PENPOT_DOCUMENT';
+  data: PenpotDocument;
+};
+
+type CustomFontsMessage = {
+  type: 'CUSTOM_FONTS';
+  data: string[];
+};
+
+type ChangesDetectedMessage = {
+  type: 'CHANGES_DETECTED';
+};
+
+type ProgressStepMessage = {
+  type: 'PROGRESS_STEP';
+  data: Steps;
+};
+
+type ProgressCurrentItemMessage = {
+  type: 'PROGRESS_CURRENT_ITEM';
+  data: string;
+};
+
+type ProgressTotalItemsMessage = {
+  type: 'PROGRESS_TOTAL_ITEMS';
+  data: number;
+};
+
+type ProgressProcessedItemsMessage = {
+  type: 'PROGRESS_PROCESSED_ITEMS';
+  data: number;
+};
+
+export const sendMessage = (pluginMessage: PluginMessage) => {
+  window.dispatchEvent(
+    new MessageEvent<MessageData>('message', {
+      data: {
+        pluginMessage
+      }
+    })
+  );
+};
diff --git a/ui-src/context/useFigma.ts b/ui-src/context/useFigma.ts
index 600c197..c71b0a3 100644
--- a/ui-src/context/useFigma.ts
+++ b/ui-src/context/useFigma.ts
@@ -2,89 +2,54 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { FormValues } from '@ui/components/ExportForm';
 import { parse } from '@ui/parser';
-import { PenpotDocument } from '@ui/types';
+
+import { MessageData } from '.';
 
 export type UseFigmaHook = {
   missingFonts: string[] | undefined;
   needsReload: boolean;
   loading: boolean;
   exporting: boolean;
-  downloading: boolean;
-  currentNode: string | undefined;
-  totalPages: number | undefined;
-  processedPages: number | undefined;
+  step: Steps | undefined;
+  currentItem: string | undefined;
+  totalItems: number;
+  processedItems: number;
   reload: () => void;
   cancel: () => void;
   exportPenpot: (data: FormValues) => void;
 };
 
-type PluginMessage =
-  | PenpotDocumentMessage
-  | CustomFontsMessage
-  | ChangesDetectedMessage
-  | ProgressNodeMessage
-  | ProgressTotalPagesMessage
-  | ProgressProcessedPagesMessage;
-
-type PenpotDocumentMessage = {
-  type: 'PENPOT_DOCUMENT';
-  data: PenpotDocument;
-};
-
-type CustomFontsMessage = {
-  type: 'CUSTOM_FONTS';
-  data: string[];
-};
-
-type ChangesDetectedMessage = {
-  type: 'CHANGES_DETECTED';
-};
-
-type ProgressNodeMessage = {
-  type: 'PROGRESS_NODE';
-  data: string;
-};
-
-type ProgressTotalPagesMessage = {
-  type: 'PROGRESS_TOTAL_PAGES';
-  data: number;
-};
-
-type ProgressProcessedPagesMessage = {
-  type: 'PROGRESS_PROCESSED_PAGES';
-  data: number;
-};
+export type Steps = 'processing' | 'remote' | 'images' | 'optimization' | 'downloading';
 
 export const useFigma = (): UseFigmaHook => {
   const [missingFonts, setMissingFonts] = useState<string[]>();
   const [needsReload, setNeedsReload] = useState(false);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
   const [exporting, setExporting] = useState(false);
-  const [downloading, setDownloading] = useState(false);
-  const [currentNode, setCurrentNode] = useState<string | undefined>();
-  const [totalPages, setTotalPages] = useState<number | undefined>();
-  const [processedPages, setProcessedPages] = useState<number | undefined>();
+
+  const [step, setStep] = useState<Steps>();
+  const [currentItem, setCurrentItem] = useState<string | undefined>();
+  const [totalItems, setTotalItems] = useState<number>(0);
+  const [processedItems, setProcessedItems] = useState<number>(0);
 
   const postMessage = (type: string, data?: unknown) => {
     parent.postMessage({ pluginMessage: { type, data } }, '*');
   };
 
-  const onMessage = async (event: MessageEvent<{ pluginMessage?: PluginMessage }>) => {
+  const onMessage = async (event: MessageEvent<MessageData>) => {
     if (!event.data.pluginMessage) return;
 
     const { pluginMessage } = event.data;
 
     switch (pluginMessage.type) {
       case 'PENPOT_DOCUMENT': {
-        setDownloading(true);
-
         const file = await parse(pluginMessage.data);
         const blob = await file.export();
 
         download(blob, `${pluginMessage.data.name}.zip`);
 
         setExporting(false);
-        setDownloading(false);
+        setStep(undefined);
 
         break;
       }
@@ -98,17 +63,21 @@ export const useFigma = (): UseFigmaHook => {
         setNeedsReload(true);
         break;
       }
-      case 'PROGRESS_NODE': {
-        setCurrentNode(pluginMessage.data);
+      case 'PROGRESS_STEP': {
+        setStep(pluginMessage.data);
+        setProcessedItems(0);
         break;
       }
-      case 'PROGRESS_TOTAL_PAGES': {
-        setTotalPages(pluginMessage.data);
-        setProcessedPages(0);
+      case 'PROGRESS_CURRENT_ITEM': {
+        setCurrentItem(pluginMessage.data);
         break;
       }
-      case 'PROGRESS_PROCESSED_PAGES': {
-        setProcessedPages(pluginMessage.data);
+      case 'PROGRESS_TOTAL_ITEMS': {
+        setTotalItems(pluginMessage.data);
+        break;
+      }
+      case 'PROGRESS_PROCESSED_ITEMS': {
+        setProcessedItems(pluginMessage.data);
         break;
       }
     }
@@ -135,6 +104,8 @@ export const useFigma = (): UseFigmaHook => {
 
   const exportPenpot = (data: FormValues) => {
     setExporting(true);
+    setStep('processing');
+    setProcessedItems(0);
 
     postMessage('export', data);
   };
@@ -154,10 +125,10 @@ export const useFigma = (): UseFigmaHook => {
     needsReload,
     loading,
     exporting,
-    downloading,
-    currentNode,
-    totalPages,
-    processedPages,
+    step,
+    currentItem,
+    totalItems,
+    processedItems,
     reload,
     cancel,
     exportPenpot
diff --git a/ui-src/parser/creators/createPage.ts b/ui-src/parser/creators/createPage.ts
index 3e9cb18..2f5b645 100644
--- a/ui-src/parser/creators/createPage.ts
+++ b/ui-src/parser/creators/createPage.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
+// @TODO: Direct import on purpose, to avoid problems with the tsc linting
+import { sleep } from '@plugin/utils/sleep';
+
 import { PenpotFile } from '@ui/lib/types/penpotFile';
 import { PenpotPage } from '@ui/lib/types/penpotPage';
 
 import { createItems } from '.';
 
-export const createPage = (file: PenpotFile, { name, options, children = [] }: PenpotPage) => {
+export const createPage = async (
+  file: PenpotFile,
+  { name, options, children = [] }: PenpotPage
+) => {
   file.addPage(name, options);
 
   createItems(file, children);
 
+  await sleep(0);
+
   file.closePage();
 };
diff --git a/ui-src/parser/parse.ts b/ui-src/parser/parse.ts
index d7877ba..e0335ad 100644
--- a/ui-src/parser/parse.ts
+++ b/ui-src/parser/parse.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { componentsLibrary } from '@plugin/ComponentLibrary';
+// @TODO: Direct import on purpose, to avoid problems with the tsc linting
+import { sleep } from '@plugin/utils/sleep';
 
+import { sendMessage } from '@ui/context';
 import { createFile } from '@ui/lib/penpot';
 import { createComponentLibrary, createPage } from '@ui/parser/creators';
 import { uiComponents, uiImages } from '@ui/parser/libraries';
@@ -7,14 +10,45 @@ import { PenpotDocument } from '@ui/types';
 
 import { idLibrary, parseImage } from '.';
 
+const optimizeImages = async (images: Record<string, Uint8Array>) => {
+  const imagesToOptimize = Object.entries(images);
+  let imagesOptimized = 1;
+
+  sendMessage({
+    type: 'PROGRESS_STEP',
+    data: 'optimization'
+  });
+
+  sendMessage({
+    type: 'PROGRESS_TOTAL_ITEMS',
+    data: imagesToOptimize.length
+  });
+
+  for (const [key, bytes] of imagesToOptimize) {
+    if (bytes) {
+      uiImages.register(key, await parseImage(bytes));
+    }
+
+    sendMessage({
+      type: 'PROGRESS_PROCESSED_ITEMS',
+      data: imagesOptimized++
+    });
+
+    await sleep(0);
+  }
+};
+
 export const parse = async ({ name, children = [], components, images }: PenpotDocument) => {
   componentsLibrary.init(components);
 
-  for (const [key, bytes] of Object.entries(images)) {
-    if (!bytes) continue;
+  await optimizeImages(images);
 
-    uiImages.register(key, await parseImage(bytes));
-  }
+  sendMessage({
+    type: 'PROGRESS_STEP',
+    data: 'downloading'
+  });
+
+  await sleep(20);
 
   uiComponents.init();
   idLibrary.init();
@@ -22,7 +56,7 @@ export const parse = async ({ name, children = [], components, images }: PenpotD
   const file = createFile(name);
 
   for (const page of children) {
-    createPage(file, page);
+    await createPage(file, page);
   }
 
   createComponentLibrary(file);