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File>Place'ing an image into indesign, but it comes out choppy/blurry...??

mr_minnesota

hi, i've imported images into my indesign layout and jpegs are turning out blurry/choppy... i set them at 300dpi in photoshop, but that doesnt seem to be doing the job.. is there a preferred or much correct way of going about placing images in indesign?

i tried view> display performance and setting it at a higher quality and doesnt seem to do anything.. also did view> overprint preview and i think it gets a little better... a friend mentioned that i had to set some option starting with an O but didnt know the rest.. lol.. don't know if thats anything anyone is aware of... thanks for your helps

 
May 11, 08 1:31 am
Carl Douglas (agfa8x)

Is the image printing poorly, or just displaying onscreen poorly?

May 11, 08 2:00 am  · 
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boxy

the images are linked and just displayed at a lower quality so that indesign can run faster. i'm guessing you haven't printed them yet because they'll print out at the quality of the original jpg.

May 11, 08 2:11 am  · 
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Apurimac

Its called an xref ppl

May 11, 08 2:26 am  · 
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dlb

if the low quality is the view on the screen, go to the "VIEW" menu at the top, then down to "DISPLAY PERFORMANCE", then select "HIGH QUALITY DISPLAY" and it will display as per quality of image.

May 11, 08 3:44 am  · 
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sarah123

if Indesign can't find the referenced images it will print the low quality images stored for viewing. Try relinking the files before you print. Once they are linked, export to pdf and then print.

May 11, 08 2:10 pm  · 
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farwest1

Also, it sometimes helps to select the image you want to view and then, while it's selected, right-click to get a pull down menu. Scroll down to DISPLAY PERFORMANCE, and then HIGH QUALITY DISPLAY (as people said above.)

I've found that if you do this without any images selected, it sometimes doesn't re-render all the images on screen, leaving them blurry.

May 11, 08 2:59 pm  · 
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nb072

yeah, try printing (or exporting to PDF). if it looks fine there, you're good. if it looks choppy still there, you've got big problems.

May 11, 08 10:19 pm  · 
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mr_minnesota

this is the best response i've gotten on archinect... 7 ways different ways to say the same thing.. this is awesome reassurance.

dirka-dirka (thank you)

May 11, 08 10:22 pm  · 
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