photo pixelation issue in InDesign Solved

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Hello,

I'm just starting to use InDesign and I'm really troubled with my photos. I either import my photos or copy and paste them, and as soon as I resize them, they become pixelated and are unreadable!! Did I miss something? Thank you in advance for your help!!

Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 3.6.13

Sebou · Accepted Answer

For those who are still waiting for a solution,  After selecting the freshly imported image, all pixelated, do:  Ctrl + Alt + H  (For high definition display)

contrariness · Answer

In InDesign, what displays by default is a low-resolution image.

The images are not embedded in the document but are pixelated, and a link is created to point to where they are stored on the hard drive or elsewhere. If the images are moved, or stored on a removable drive (USB key or otherwise) and that drive has been removed, the link no longer exists and the low-resolution display will be worse (it's a way to quickly see that a link is broken!).

Even though "copy/paste" is possible, the best way is to use the "place" command intended for that.

An option in the "view" menu allows you to choose the "display performance." The quality depends on the choices made in the "edit/preferences/display" menu. Normally, the default choice is more than sufficient.

Work in a structured manner by creating a folder where you will put all the necessary files (images, drawings, texts, etc.). InDesign needs all its files to work properly. There is a function in the "file" menu that does this: it is the "package" function.

mymy5911 · Answer

I'm sorry, I don't understand everything.

Actually, I have a PowerPoint document with embedded images; it's these images that I'm copying and pasting.

I tried to import them. I saved them in "My Documents" as JPEG and imported them: the result is still pixelated.

I don't understand what else to do; I went into display performance and set it to maximum, but it hasn't changed anything.

contrariness · Answer

As already mentioned, the display in InDesign is just a preview..

Open the images in Photoshop or Gimp and check their quality. An image should not be enlarged by more than 20% of its native size if you want to avoid too visible pixelation.

Also, check that the links are valid in the links window. If there's a yellow triangle or if there's nothing, it means the images are not valid.

If the images are of poor quality, they will print in poor quality. (Also check during printing in the "graphics" option that the sending of graphic data for images is set to "all").

mymy5911 · Answer

I never enlarge my images, I always shrink them!
What is the link window?
And I tested printing a page and it printed an image that was completely unreadable!

Thank you very much for your advice and your patience, as I said I am a real novice lol! Thank you!

contrariness · Answer

There are 2 tools for checking a file in the process of being created or before sending it to the printer...

The first is the links palette located in the "View/Links" menu (or Shift+Ctrl+D), although this may depend on the versions of InDesign...

The second thing is the "Preflight" that can be found in the "File" menu; here you need to read the information carefully and possibly uncheck "Errors only."

mymy5911 · Answer

I tried importing my images into an InDesign document and then copying/pasting them into my own document, and the result is the same (even though the quality is great when my cards are in my PowerPoint file).

mymy5911 · Answer

In my link window, everything is fine, no errors or anything, except that my images are still unreadable... I don't understand :'(

And in the upstream control, I only have excessive text errors. No images or links. So I don't see the problem at all. Especially since some of my images display correctly while I copied and pasted them from Paint without keeping the file! Hmm, I think I missed something!

Photo pixelation issue in InDesign

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