Loss of Resolution When Placing Adobe PhotoShop Images In InDesign CS Documents

[Jeanine_Ricketts@adobeforums.com]

I would think that when exporting or copying Adobe PhotoShop images into InDesign CS, also produced by Adobe, that one would get a good to excellent transfer---but I am not. My graphics, generated in PhotoShop, are printing out with terrific resolution from Photoshop, but are coming into InDesign through WINDOWS in exceptionally poor resolution, and look terrible. I have tried everything I can think of, i.e. saving in PhotoShop to TIFF files, using the "place" feature, the copy and paste feature, and nothing works. I am a former Quark Express user, and these graphics went into Quark documents without any loss in quality whatsoever. What am I missing? What do I need to do to get my PhotoShop graphics into my InDesign CS documents? I am a new owner of InDesign, trying to learn it, so please help me with my graphics importing. I have read every book, help, forum, etc. item I can find, and have not received help on this.
Regards, Jeanine

[Ken_Grace@adobeforums.com]

You say you are a new user, so please excuse some basic questions. Are these
graphics looking poor on screen only, or on print-out as well?

If on-screen only, are you aware of InDesign's display options which show
low resolution graphics for faster page redraw when editing?

If not, go to Object>Display Performance and select high quality. You can do
this on a per-graphic basis by right clicking on each graphic.

k

[mikewitherell_at_jetsetcom_dot_net]

And in addition to Ken's thought, always File > Place the graphic file. Never copynpaste. EEEEvil!

Mike Witherell in Washington DC

[George_Bilalis@adobeforums.com]

I have tried everything I can think of, i.e. saving in PhotoShop to TIFF
files, using the "place" feature, the copy and paste feature, and nothing
works.




1. Forget about 'copy' & 'paste' through clipboard.
-> Save your finished work in Photoshop as TIFF (normally), PSD e.tc.
-> Place in ID your image.

2. Saving your work in Photoshop, you have to check with your image resolution settings.
- For good results you should have around 300 dpi for 1:1 scale of the image. 600 dpi for a 1:2 scale e.tc.

Copying through clipboard will go through low screen res - usually 72 dpi to 100 dpi.

rgrds
George

[Bob_Levine]

Make sure send image data is set to all when printing. For some unknown
reason the default is optimized subsampling which IMO is absolutely
ridiculous.

Bob

[Karen_C@adobeforums.com]

I always have Display on High Quality and I use PSD files the most for placing.

[Unregistered]

Place your Photoshop image (TIFF) in the frame. The image may be smaller than intended so right-click on the frame and select Fitting > Fit Content to Frame.