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Images Appear Blurry When Exporting to PDF

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Images look blurry when I export to a PDF, how do I stop this?

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Hi,

Did you checked the below thread. I was getting the same error and finally solved after going through below post:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/how-to-make-images-look-clear-sharp-in-indesign-images-look-blurry-after-deleting-them-from-system /

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Use high quality images. It's really that simple.

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James3669094303ctAuthor

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Unfortunatly all I've been given to work with is low res images

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Sorry, but rule one here: GIGO.

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Frans v.d. Geest

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Export how?
Which PDF pre-set?
What is the effective ppi in the original document?

In what format is the image?

Is it placed or pasted?

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James3669094303ctAuthor

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jpg or png

and pasted

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Willi Adelberger

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Never paste any image. Place them as linked files. JPG and PNG are rafer images. Depending on the original and final resolution they might be recalculated and loose resolution. Depending on their quality settings in PDF export they might loose also quality. Both settings can make images blurry.
Is there a specific reason, why you chose to use PNGs?

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