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Bad booklet export

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April 23, 2019
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I'm trying to export a file as a booklet in InDesign. All of the Pages export in the correct order for printing, but the images gain these little pixely artefacts where there previously were none. The Original image files were quite large, and sized down when placed on the InDesign file, and when I look at the file with High Quality preview it's relatively crisp (though still not as crisp as the original images when zoomed in). Even if I just try to export it at "press quality" without the booklet rearranging, it doesn't turn out as crisp as the original images. When I do it as a booklet, its even worse.

What exactly is going on here?

This comic is going to be comics printed on 8.5x11' paper. the original png images are 11x17 at 300 ppi and there are two on each page shrunk to about 8.5x5.5 each.

At this point I'm tempted to just arrange the whole thing manually in Photoshop but I really want InDesign to work.

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Derek Cross

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Re pixilation of images, checked they are linked in the Links panel.

Don't use Photoshop for multi-page documents, learn how to use InDesign, it's the right tool for the job, but it's a professional tool with a steep learning curve.

You'll get help on this forum and maybe you could get a training book, such as The Classroom in a Book series and Lynda.com have online video tutorials (you can get 30-days free access).

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Rebecca-47Author

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They are linked in the links panel, no warnings at all and they look crisp. All seems fine until I attempt to make a booklet.

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Migintosh

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How many pages is your booklet? The reason I ask is that if you wanted to avoid this whole print-to-file workflow that provides a lesser product, you could export to PDF in readers spreads, and impose those pages into a booklet in a matter of minutes. I can give you the steps if you want to try it.

BobLevine

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You can't "export" a booklet so please back up and provide details on exactly what you're doing. And while you're at it provide version of InDesign and operating system.

If you're really using print booklet, please check with the printer. If they've demanded the file be provided that way, find another printer. It's their job to impose the file, not yours.

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Rebecca-47Author

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Its CC 2015 on Windows 8.1.

InDesign doesn't use the word "export" in this scenario, but yes you can save to a PDF through the "print as booklet" tool in order to rearrange the pages into their printing format before you actually print them. I do this myself because my University Print shop demands it, and because I've had the InDesign preview lie to me in the past, so I like to make absolutely certain that everything's in correct order before printing. You can do this by going to "print booklet" and sending it to PostScript or Adobe PDF instead of a printer in the Print Settings. It would be quite a useful tool if it weren't for the drop in image quality. I've fiddled with the file's print settings and Adobe PDF Presets, but to no avail.

I gave up on InDesign for this project and instead did it all manually in Photoshop, but for longer booklets I'd rather not have to do this again. If you know anything about why InDesign does this, I'd love to know.

BobLevine

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I know how it works. But that is not an export...it is a horribly archaic method of PDF creation.

If you're stuck with this then make sure "send image data" is set to all in the print dialog.

BTW, you're three versions of InDesign out of date and Win 8.1 is unsupported under newer version.

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