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InDesign Publish online: Pictures are blurry / pixelated

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February 17, 2017
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I've tried the Publish Online Feature and it worked nice (Text only Document) for me but later this day I've tried it again but the pictures were blurry.

tired out all kinds of picture format and quality etc. in the advaced tab of publish online… No difference

Would be a cool Feature, easier than sending a PDF to customers but with that bug.. Impossible.

I hope Adobe will fix that bug in 2017.1 but if someone here has a solution for that it would be even better

Thanks!

Jona

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jessican41366163

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All the links in my Published Online document are pixelated even after adjusting the settings. I read on a forum about changing the Object Export Options which worked brilliantly – but I have 235 links in my document! Is there a way I can do this for all the links in the document, rather than having to change the Object Export setting manually for every single link?

Abhishek Rao

Community Manager

Hi @jessican41366163,

I understand adjusting settings for 235 links can be time-consuming! You can change the Object Export Options for all links at once:

1. Select all objects in your document with "Ctrl + A" (Windows) or "Command + A" (Mac).
2. Right-click a selected object and choose "Object Export Options".
3. Adjust your settings in the dialog box and click OK.

This shall save you a lot of time! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!

Best,
Abhishek Rao

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jessican41366163

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Thanks so much for your response!

I thought we'd be onto something but unfortunately Command + A only selects all items on the spread. If I go to Layers tab and 'select all objects on layer' the same thing happens – only all objects on the spread can be selected at once, not across the doc...

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jessican41366163

Participating Frequently

I know this is an old thread but hoping someone might answer! Adjusting the Object Export Options works for me but that would mean me having to manually do this for every image in a 100 page document! Is there not a way to set this for all images across the doc?

Silvia Lifman

Participating Frequently

What is the initial resolution of the images? Have you considered observing the actual resolution and effective resolution of your images in the Links panel?

Diane Burns

Inspiring

Sorry, just caught I had already suggested this, and it apparently didn't work for you.

I did have a case recently where I wasn't happy with the image quality and I published the project at 144 HiDPI in the Advanced Options of the Publish Online dialog. It helped improve the quality and it was acceptable.

I don't like to use this option, especially on bigger docs with a lot of interactivity as it can interfere. But in my case it was largely a slideshow of images and worked fine.

Diane Burns

Inspiring

Some images can be improved by going to Object menu > Object Export Options > EPUB and HTML tab. Set "Rasterize Container" to a higher resolution. Good write up on this here: https://indesignsecrets.com/controlling-publish-online-image-resolution.php

Iain McLeod

Participant

Check to see if the image frame and the image itself are both scaled. I had the same issue where the frame was at about 10% and the image was scaled inside it. I think this only occurs if you use the 'Adjust Scaling Percentage' preference.

'Redefine scaling as 100%' will fix the problem. This is hidden in the fly-out menu of the Object palette or Control palette.

Looks like someone on the 'Publish Online' team didn't do the maths correctly.

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mariov91679501

Participant

I had the same issue because the Link was not updated. Try to check in your Links palette if there is the exclamation mark and in case, select the item and refresh it.

Diane Burns

Inspiring

Can you post a link to a Publish Online page with an example of the blurry images?

Possible to message me with one of the problem image files?

Hard to troubleshoot further without seeing the actual example.

Thanks, --db

Diane Burns

Inspiring

Try setting higher resolution or change to JPEG or PNG in Object > Object Export Options. See more in this article: https://indesignsecrets.com/controlling-publish-online-image-resolution.php

Hope that helps.