Edit jpg with Indesign

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October 13, 2022
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I have files done with Indesign but saved as jpg and png, can i open and edit these with Indesign without having the original file?

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Correct answer jmlevy

No, InDesign can't open any image files. You need the InDesign file itself to edit it.

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

As already explained - you can't 😞 all the editable data is gone 😞

You could try to use OCR software to salvage texts - then cut out images - but it would be starting from scratch with probably low quality of graphic part - and all vector graphics would be rasterized.

James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

Not inaccurate to think of an image export like this as a digital printed page... if you can't do with a print page, you can't do it much easier with a JPEG.

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James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

Once any kind of document is exported to an image file (JPG, PNG, even some kinds of PDF), it no longer matters what app the doc was created it. Only image-editing tools can do anything with it.

As suggested, if you can get the original INDD (InDesign document) file, you could open it with ID and do pretty much anything you like in the way of editing. But not with image files exported from it.

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