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October 4, 2023
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Blurry Image when uploaded to Indesign

  • October 4, 2023
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Hello,

I have been trying to solve this issue of a few blurry photos added to Indesign. I have edited a few photos in Photoshop (saved then crystal clear) and have added then to Indesign only for them to become blurry. In the Links tab I checked the Actual PPI of the photo 72 and the effective PPI 72. The picture has some strange dimensions 720x277 Pixels, but other then that I cannot figure out why the photo is saved okay from photoshop but becomes blurry when added to Indesign. (The photoshop pixels match the same as the Indesign). I have also tried to use the View >display preformance> high quality but that does not work for my case. 

 

Any help would be great thank you.

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Correct answer Derek Cross

I have tried to save the file as a web legacy, pdf, png, and jpeg to solve this issue( the one above is web legacy). The photo saves non blurry as 720px by 288px but when I drag and drop the saved file into Indesign thats when I notice the blurry effect.


If the image is for digital use the resolution is irrelevant. Try Placing the image in the document. Also, ensure you are viewing the document at 100%.

Add the text via InDesign, rather than add it to the image.

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Derek Cross
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Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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October 4, 2023

If this document is for printing, then an Effective PPI of 72PPI is insufficient, it needs to be around 300PPI.

The dimensions of 720 x 277px would print at around (rounded) 3" x 1".

I suggest you double-check the image size in Photoshop – Image > Image Size.

How did you save the image from Photoshop – it looks like Save for Web or Save As.

 

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Ian32699729qe6gAuthor
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October 5, 2023

Hello thank you for responding so quick. The document isn't going to get printed, but is ment to be a digital portfolio. My document size is 4"x10" . Is the stange document dimenstions causeing issues with the px? After further inspection in the links tab the photo has a drop down menu (picture below) that has two versions of my photo one where the PPI is 72 and effective PPI is 72 and another where it is effective PPI of 415 and a scale size change of 17%. Would there be a reason why this is the case. Thank you again for your help.

 

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Ian32699729qe6gAuthor
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October 5, 2023

I have tried to save the file as a web legacy, pdf, png, and jpeg to solve this issue( the one above is web legacy). The photo saves non blurry as 720px by 288px but when I drag and drop the saved file into Indesign thats when I notice the blurry effect.

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