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gplumblee
gplumblee
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October 17, 2022
Question

InDesign Images Still Changing Size When Link Is Updated

  • October 17, 2022
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  • Frame-Fitting Options set to None and Auto-Fit is not checked
  • Make Content-Aware Fit the Default Frame Fitting Option is not checked
  • Preserve Image Dimensions When Relinking is not checked

Yet STILL my images are changing size when the link is updated. What am I missing?

 

Thanks Community!

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Peter Spier
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Peter SpierCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 23, 2024

Changing the crop option to "art" might also be a good idea.

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Sean5FDA
Participant
October 10, 2024

Hi gplumbee,

I had a similar issue, and clearing "fitting frame options", checking/unchecking "Preserve image dimensions when Linking" in the file handling preferences, changing import setting (crop, art, bleed etc) had no affect on the outcome. The linked image would still be misaligned. I discovered that if I changed the import option to "Bounding Box (all Layers). Only then did the linked image replace correctly.
Hope this helps

    gplumblee
    gplumbleeAuthor
    Known Participant
    October 10, 2024

    Good to know. I've never used that, but it makes sense. Most of the books I put together don't have layered art imported, so it probably hasn't been of consequence. It was when the vertical size of an image changed—because of an added or deleted element—that it would shrink or enlarge to fit the parameters of its import frame.

    Peter Spier
    Community Expert
    Peter SpierCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 17, 2022

    >> Preserve Image Dimensions When Relinking is not checked

    Perhaps it should be checked. Are the two images actually the same size?

      Brad @ Roaring Mouse
      Community Expert
      Brad @ Roaring MouseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 18, 2022

      Agree

       

      "Preserve Image Dimensions When Relinking"

      Very definitely it should be checked.

      gplumblee
      gplumbleeAuthor
      Known Participant
      October 18, 2022

      Thanks guys. I must've misread some of the posts. I will make sure Preserve Image Dimensions… is checked.

      HARSHIKA_VERMA
      Community Manager
      HARSHIKA_VERMACommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      October 17, 2022

      Hi @gplumblee,

       

      We are sorry to hear that. A few more details will be very helpful-

       

      • Please share the version of InDesign and the operating system you're working on.
      • Have you tried saving your document to IDML and opening it as an InDesign document? Maybe that will get rid of any small corruption or oddity in the document. 
      • Does that happen with all files or with a specific file?

       

      We will try our best to help.

       

      Thanks,

      Harshika

      joes75077544
      joes75077544
      Participant
      September 22, 2024

      I am a Long time InDesign user, and couldn't find anywhere else to report this bug. I found this post so figured I would reach out here hoping to reach Adobe support.

       

      This is a bug in Indesign 2024 for me, it works correctly in Indesign 2023 (mac os, ventura 13.1). I have this issue when trying to adjust (choose different artboard) a link to an illustrator file (with different artboards, all identical sizes). When it updates the content is wider than frame. This is in a menu file that I've updated for 5 years the same way and have never had an issue. Usually you just relink the image select a different artboard and move on, this time the image updated and enlarged it to about 4x the size it was originally in the object/frame (so it was bleeding/cropped within frame). The illustrator file is unchanged for 5 years, aside from text updates and image (icons) changes. Resizing these images by hand everytime I need to relink one is cumbersome. I hope this is fixed quickly. Note "Preserve Image Dimensions When Relinking" is checked. I tested (restating each time) and this has no effect on this behavior when the udpates image is placed.


        joes75077544
        joes75077544
        Participant
        September 23, 2024

        Reinstalled and this seems to be working correctly

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