How to import from ilustrator without losing quality

[Mar�a Victoria_LVG]

Hey, im trying to import an ilustration from AI to Indesign, and no matter how i do it (SVG, AI, PDF, PNG) it ends up pixelated, and if i try copying and pasting this message shows, any help on how to fix it?? i dont seem to find the solution on my own. thank you in advanced.

[BobLevine]

Pixelated where? If it's on screen set the view to high quality.

[Bill Silbert · Accepted solution]

In addition to Bob's suggestion (View>Display Performance>High Quality Display) make sure that GPU Performance is turned off in the GPU Performance section of InDesign's preferences (settings) (if you are on a Macintosh).

[BobLevine]

GPU Performance is not likely the cause but make a note that it is now available on Windows.

[Bill Silbert]

So noted. Thanks.

[Mar�a Victoria_LVG]

thank you guys so much, i made it work perfectly!

[Peter Spier]

That error message sounds like a very large and complex file.

Are you saving the file as .ai with PDF compatibility?

[BobLevine]

That's the alert one would receive when trying to copy/paste, which I think the OP touched on.

[Peter Spier]

@BobLevine Indeed, but it implies the file is very large. I've seen that with .ai files saved from AutoCad, for insstance, whre what could be smooth curvers are rencered as hundreds, or thousands, of straight line segments.

[BobLevine]

Yeah, but that gets into the same issues with Excel or Word files saved from third parties. And as you know, it's always best to reopen those files in the proper application and resave them properly.

But it seems like the OP did indeed copy/paste, got an embedded EPS as a result and didn't have high quality display enabled.

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse · Accepted solution]

With very few exceptions, NEVER copy and paste from Illustrator to InDesign. The correct approach is to Place the files.

The pixelation you see depends on where you are seeing this. Once you answer that question, we can go a bit deeper.

As one example: If it's just how it looks in the InDesign document, you may not have your Display preferences to render high quality previews. This only affects the preview of the placed file, not the quality of the file itself.

If it's not that, let us know.

[Mar�a Victoria_LVG]

it was exactly that, thank you so so much.

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

Glad it worked out!