Copy link to clipboard
Copied
Or do a global scale edit when finishing! Either answer would help.
I'm designing decorative, large scale window film in InDesign, and the images used are all photographs of glass.
It's important the press files all have images of 100% scale. Because there's a lot of directional changes, I often copy & paste the contents of one shape into another and then adjust the direction slightly. However I always, somehow end up getting scale changes. I then have to go in manually and check / adjust the scaling of every object individually. Since I'm making 24x36" repeats, this is a real chore.
Arrgh.
I've tried using the find / change which doesn't have any options for content scaling that I can find.
Any help would be truly appreciated!
Copy link to clipboard
Copied
I would make my (repeating) pattern in Adobe Illustrator, then export the image at the size that I want it, make a box that size in InDesign and place the image in the box.
It seems very brave and difficult to use layout software to do illustation and pattern design.
Copy link to clipboard
Copied
If you place the photo with no constraints, it should come in as 100%. Do not draw a box first, just place.