Import multiple pictures by ID, press Ctrl + Shift and click, where can I set the default size?

[dublove]

Suddenly found:
When importing multiple images, press Ctrl + Shift and click to quickly get a specific size image.
I think it would be useful if I could set this size, but after searching for a long time, I only found that this size was related to the page size.
Please heroes take a look at where to control this value.

The example is easy to reproduce, so no sample files have been uploaded.
Thank you ~

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[rob day]

If you place an image directly on a page (not into an existing frame), the size of the image and its parent container will be its  output dimensions at 100% scale.

So Photoshop’s Image Size tells me that this image has an output dimension of 4.8"x3.2"

If I place it directly on the page without dragging, it will get placed at 100% scale at the same dimensions—the page size doesn’t matter:

If I drag while I place, I can drag to a desired percentage and release:

The placed image is at 55% of the original Photoshop output dimensions

Rulers set to MM

[dublove]

Hello ~
You didn't understand what I said.
Is a batch import.
2 pictures, press Ctrl + Shift, click (no drag, no frame)
Must be more than 2 pictures.

The size in photoshop has no direct meaning for typography, and ultimately it depends on how big indesign is used.
So it can be said that this question has nothing to do with PS

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I'm speechless, but I won't reply ...
My previous friends didn't understand, and asked me why I had to insist on using Ctrl + Shift.
Because this function is very easy to use, it can quickly enter multiple pictures, faster than object styles.

[Geоrge]

Please, pardon me. Are your questions have some things applied to real practice? Why don't you prepare frames early and don't place directly to this frames? 

[rob day]

2 pictures, press Ctrl + Shift, click (no drag, no frame)

I was looking at the first screen capture in your post, you wrote I dragged 2 pictures. If you are dragging after the click, the size of the parent frame and scale of the image would be determined by when you release the mouse. Also, in your captures you have the parent frame selected, if you direct select the image (white arrow tool) the transform panel will show its output scale.

If you place directly on the page with no drag, the image and its parent frame would be the same size.

The transform values of the selected image inside of its parent container—42.9% of the original .PSD’s saved output dimensions.

The parent container’s dimensions and scale

Also, I have Interface>Show Transformation Values checked in my Preferences, which is displaying the dragged transform values in my captures:

[dublove]

The whole process, no drag!
Operation method: Ctrl + D to import more than 2 pictures (must have 2 pictures).
Then, first press Ctrl + Shift, then click (not dragged, never)
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I ask the purpose of this: if I can find where to set this value, the pictures I import later default to the directly available size.
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Please note: I have never dragged, just clicked to release, without making the frame first

[Eric Dumas]

I would consider creating a Object Style and apply it to the frames first. There are options there to control the size of the pictures and how they fill the frame. 

[dublove]

The frame generated after clicking is sure to be related to the page size.
If it cannot be set, it is a bug in InDesign.
It should show where it can be set.
Great effect: The default size of the imported image is the same as the width of the column, and it can be used directly.
Save a lot of things.

[rob day]

The frame generated after clicking is sure to be related to the page size.

The page size has no affect on the image size when you directly place it on a page. This image’s dimensions are 18.24" x 12.16" (5472px x 1348px @ 300ppi) and the page size is 200mm x 200mm

If you want to control the image size and scale when placing, place into frames with Auto-Fit applied as Eric suggests.

[dublove]

Dear, please look at my request again:
Batch import (more than 2 pictures),
After importing, press Ctrl + Shift and click (not drag and drop).

My purpose is: find this regular value, where to set it, and the maps (more than 2 photos) can be used to get a directly usable size

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Speechless adobe ...
I still can't reply, I can only edit.
2020.2.24 23:45
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Please don't drag, if you really want to drag: hold down Ctrl + Shift, then press the arrow keys to change the number of columns and rows.
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But what I asked was not to drag, press Ctrl + Shift, and click.
Only two or more pictures can be effective.
I just want to know where the default size of the picture is set after clicking it.

If you know where to set it, you don't need to change the size of the imported pictures in the future, you can use it directly.

[Frans v.d. Geest · Accepted solution]

And read my answer again: you do not need to hold down any modifier keys. Just click (or yes, drag). Just clicking will place the image at 100%, do not use ctrl shift when you click. If you want to control the size, then drag, also no modifier keys. Modifier keys are only needed when you want to change the size of an already placed image later.

[Frans v.d. Geest]

You keep saying: click + ctrl + shift. Why are you holding down Ctrl + shift?? There is absolutly no need to use any(!) modifier keys EXEPT when you, yes drag to scale an already placed image!

Try clicking without any modifier keys, that will place your image at 100% of the original size.

Just try it and report back.

[dublove]

Ask me why I insist on using Ctrl + Shift.
Because this function is very easy to use, it can quickly enter multiple pictures, faster than object styles.

This is definitely a regular thing, if we can find where to set it, we can quickly apply it.

Applicable when multiple images are imported

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It's really speechless, adobe forum often can't reply!　A little reply disappeared！

Sorry, dear ~
You don't understand my problem very well.
I didn't understand the purpose of doing this, everything was for the quickest and most efficient.

[Frans v.d. Geest]

Just choose File/Place, select multiple images, then in InDesign they all 'hang' at the cursor. You can now click or drag picture after picture. I have NO idea why you hold down shift ctrl, it makes no sense at all...

[Frans v.d. Geest]

Or, do you mean this: you have a bunch or images, like 2, on the cursor, and you want to place them in a grid? Then start dragging (yes, drag) again without any modifier keys, hit the cursor keys up and right or down and left to decide how many columns or rows and how high or wide those must be (depends on how big you draw the frame before deciding to raster it up), you can still resized while dragging (without any modifier keys). If you release the mouse, the images will scale to fit in that raster.

So you decide how large the 'mother' frame will be, images will always be scaled to fit. The gap (white space) between the columns can be set bij holding the spacebar or up front by setting the valuein Layout/Margins & Columns gutter.

But also here: no modifier keys! Where did those ctrl shift keys come from, I have no idea...

[rob day]

Hi Frans, I think the OP is using CS6. In CS6 gridify feature was Command-Shift-Drag (OSX) and created created an intial 3x4 grid, which could be manipulated further with the up and down keys. But you do have to drag—this capture is from CS6. The space between the frames is the page’s Gutter setting

[Frans v.d. Geest]

I wondered about that Rob, but he so stresses the don't drag but only click... I still wonder.

A language barries maybe a bit..r

[Frans v.d. Geest · Accepted solution]

By the way Rob, I see the same OP ask many other 'strange' questions, I guess he should first try to follow a class on InDesign 😉

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/when-you-crop-the-drawing-how-to-cancel-this-transparent-pre...

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/how-to-delete-broken-links-in-the-link-window-the-graph-no-l...

[rob day]

If you could confirm that you are using CS6 on Windows, and trying to use the gridify feature, we can help with the grid image sizes.

[Laubender]

Hi 喜狼_edny,

an interesting question indeed. When holding Shift and Ctrl and click you are using the "gridify" feature for placing images.

I cannot explain the default size, but I can explain default orientation and default gap between the placed images.

1. Default orientation is the orientation of the page as defined with New Document.

If the page is a square you get a square sized graphic frame. If the page is not a square, but done in portrait mode you get a portrait proportioned graphic frame. The same with orientation landscape.

FWIW: The aspect ratio of the graphic frame is not exactly the aspect ratio of the page, but nearly the same.

2. The default gap size between the graphic frames is exactly the one for gaps in Margins and Columns as defined with New Document.

Regards,

Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[Frans v.d. Geest]

Right!

Well I am stumped about my own ignorance here! Never realized that this still existed. I always drag but indeed: if you Ctrl Click it sets multiple loaded imgaes in a grid.

See, never to old to learn, never realized that this was there after CS6. Dumb me!

Now, the strange thing is: when I tried this with an example I got very big images, but the size was about 175%, I have no idea why...  It seems very random. I gues this is a strange left over from old versions....

[rob day · Accepted solution]

Thanks Uwe, I had completely misunderstood the question—the Control-Shift threw me on OSX it is Command-Shift.

It looks to me like the grid is always 3x3—if I select 9 images the width and height of the grid group matches the page trim, and the gutter is the gutter dimension set in the page’s Margins and Columns... If I select more than 9 images, the extra images are added individually at 100% with single clicks. If I select less than 9 images, a grid with the same dimensions is populated left to right and down. Here my page is 5"x10", and I selected 10 images, the extra image gets added at 100% scale:

With 5 Images selected:

[Laubender]

Hi Rob,

I think you nailed it! Thanks.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

[dublove]

This issue seems to be known only to Adobe InDesign developers
You didn't understand me

[rob day]

It is easier to see what’s happening if you select 9 images to place. Using your original 200mm x 200mm page example it is the page dimensions that determine the total grid dimensions, and the page’s Gutter setting that determines the space between the images.

You could control the total grid dimensions by dragging, which is the more common gridify usage.

Clicking in the upper left corner of the page (not the margins):

The total dimensions of the 3x3 grid fill the 200mm x 200mm page, with the gutter setting determining the spacing.