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danm22902856
danm22902856
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April 4, 2019
Question

JPG not placing at proper dimensions

  • April 4, 2019
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I just performed the latest update to 14.02. Now when I place a jpg link, it is not placing at the full dimension. It is scaled down (I presume because of the 72ppi resolution). We are a large format printer. The resolution we work with always 125ppi or less. Is there a setting I can change back to always have them place at full dimension?

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howlaman
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May 9, 2022

Was this issue ever resolved? I'm not seeing a solution marked here and am having the same problem using 17.1 x64. I also had this same issue with a previous version; updating so far has not solved it. ID randomly decides to place jpg images under 300 DPI at a scale that makes them 216 DPI. This is the exact same resolution the original poster depicted in their screenshot on April 4, 2019.

 

I'm not placing into an existing object - this is a completely new, blank document. The ducoment is 1920 px wide, with measurements in pixels, but it's still bringing in my 1920 pixel wide images at 1/3 scale.

 

 

 

 

rob day
Community Expert
rob dayCommunity Expert
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May 9, 2022

I’m still seeing it happen with version 16.4. I would place .PSDs rather than JPEGs

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howlaman
Known Participant
May 9, 2022

Hi Rob, thanks for the reply. PSD's are unfortunately not a solution for us. The jpgs are being used to save file size/storage space on a proof document, hence why they are saved to screen resolution instead of print. Even a flattened PSD is significantly larger than its jpg counterpart, which defeats half the purpose, especially when dealing with a lot of images.

Scott Falkner
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Scott FalknerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 1, 2021

Is the issue caused by using the unit InDesign calls pixels an assuming those are pixels? Those are not pixels. They are points.

 

If you place a 300 ppi image that is 300 pixels x 300 pixels and your units are pixels you should expect the image to be 300 pixels x 300 pixels in InDesign. After all, you specified pixels as your unit. Instead the image will be 72 pixels x 72 pixels because a 300 ppi image taht is 300 pixels wide will print at 1 inch. One inch is 72 points.

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mschs6819
Participant
May 1, 2021

No, that’s not it. My units in the InDesign file are inches.

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www_Amercan_black_forum_g
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April 5, 2019

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AnshulJain19
Adobe Employee
AnshulJain19
Adobe Employee
April 5, 2019

Hi Dan,

It would be great if you can send one such jpeg to us @ ansjain@adobe.com, it will help us in reproducing the issue at our end.

Also before 14.0.2, in which version you remember working it correctly?

Regards

-Anshul

danm22902856
danm22902856Author
Known Participant
April 5, 2019

Hello,


We were using the previous update. 14.0.1 and never had the issue in any previous versions.

I will email the file to you.

Thanks.

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Migintosh
Legend
April 5, 2019

Since I don't generally use 72ppi images, I hadn't tried it before, but I'm getting the same results as you, not only with InDesign 14.0.2, but also with CS5.5 (7.5).

A 40"x25" jpg created in Photoshop at 72ppi places in a 60"x60" InDesign page as 8"x5" at an effective ppi of 360. If I save the image as PSD or Tiff, it places at actual size, and if I change the 72ppi jpg to 73ppi without resampling in Photoshop, it places as actual size in InDesign (both versions).

    John Mensinger
    Community Expert
    John MensingerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 4, 2019

    danm22902856  wrote

    because of the 72ppi resolution

    I'm not sure exactly what you mean by that but in any case, nothing has changed that would produce the mis-sizing you describe.

    Have a look at Preferences and make sure the Content-Aware Fit default option is NOT enabled.

    danm22902856
    danm22902856Author
    Known Participant
    April 4, 2019

    Content aware fit is not checked.

    We have jpegs. Apx 40" wide. When we place them as links, they are 15" wide on our page.

    If we change the format to tiff for example, this does not happen. Only with jpg.

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    Migintosh
    Legend
    April 4, 2019

    It may be possible that the difference you are seeing is not because one is a jpg and one is a tiff, but rather that one has been re-saved. Just to be sure, try to do a save-as with a different name (so as to not over-write your original jpg), and save it as a jpg also. This could be because the original file may not have a resolution assigned to it yet, which I think can be true of files that come directly from a digital camera.

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