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Embed Snip Tool image in InDesign

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
April 27, 2019
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Hi,

I was working on a few documents which had images picked up by Snip Tool without any file format, in essence, the images were snipped using Snipping Tool and pasted directly in InDesign without saving the image in JPG or PNG format through Snipping Tool, before hand.

InDesign considers such an image as a graphic object but since the image was pasted directly, it doesn't show the image in "Links" palette.

Such images lead to "Transparency" error while exporting document in PDF/X1:2001 compliant form.

Is there any way of correcting the image in InDesign itself, so that the Transparency error goes away? Any kind of help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks & Regards,

Aman Mittal

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Stephen Marsh

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Try this script:

Dump/unembed (and link) pasted images | Peter Kahrel

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amanm5143Author

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Hi Stephen,

Thank you for replying to the thread and coming up with such an amazing solution. I had tried this script earlier and it works wonders, given it was developed by Mr. Kahrel (a known name in InDesign community). Only issue I have been facing with this is that it removes linking for embedded images as well. Also, when I relink the pasted images, it changes the size of the pasted images. It adds a bit of blank frame at the end of pasted images. Hence, I have not been able to figure out the issue with this. Other than that, the script is amazing.

Thank you for taking out the time and putting up with such a great solution. And, Mr. Kahrel has been amazing, as always.

Thanks & Regards,

Aman

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amanm5143Author

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Hence, it would be great if we could figure out something which just relinks the pasted images without changing the frame and content size.

BobLevine

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What kind of error are you getting. Those are just RGB embedded images and shouldn’t be an issue, though PDF/X-1a is a horribly archaic file format.

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amanm5143Author

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Hi Bob,

Thank you for replying to the thread. I agree that PDF/X1: 2001 format is archaic however, it is one of the mandatory requirements from the printer's side. When I export the document to such a format, the pasted images come in a blue highlight instead of their original form.

The dark blue colour covers the entire image and acts as a background because of the transparency error with PDF/X1:2001 compliance (The content of the image was edited).

Hence, I was wondering if there was a way to find and embed the pasted images from InDesign within InDesign itself? Or any other way of solving this transparency problem?

Thank you for helping out!

Regards,

Aman

BobLevine

Community Expert

What's the transparency blend space set to?

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amanm5143Author

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Basically, embedding pasted image (not placed) in Indesign!

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