Indesign: photos revert to view setting even though I've set high quality display in preferences

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March 22, 2020
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Every time I open an indesign document the photos revert to view setting even though I have set high quality display in preferences. I have deselected the option for object-level settings because I always want photos to display as high quality as I work in print publications. This is a recurring problem and I can't find a way to fix it. I have also just downloaded Creative Cloud to a new laptop and set up all my preferences before I opened a single document, but still have the same problem. Thanks in advance.

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rob day

Community Expert

I’ve encountered case where I don’t get a high quality display when memory is short. Does it happen if you restart your computer with just InDesign running?

Also, linked images do use a lower quality proxy for the preview—if you are scaling the images up, the Effective Resolution is lowered, and that could show in the preview.

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erenal88498929Author

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Thanks Rob, yes it happens all the time. I have just upgraded my laptop to a much more powerful machine than I had before and the issue is still the same so it's not a memory problem.

Derek Cross

Community Expert

Set your Display Performance choice without any document open, then quit and restart InDesign.

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erenal88498929Author

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Thanks Derek. This is always the first thing I do every time I try to fix the problem but it doesn't work. It's a long-standing frustration as I need high resolution photos for professional printing but I end up having to change each photo individually when I have to make my press quality PDF.

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