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DoubleBounce
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February 24, 2021
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InDesign - Exporting JPGs at 72dpi

  • February 24, 2021
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I'm having an issue with exporting JPGs from InDesign at 72dpi - they're coming out at horrendously low quality, particularly text at smaller resolutions. I know InDesign's not ideal for web-based images, but I hadn't expected the results to be quite so bad.

 

The same artwork exported as high resolution PNG from InDesign then downsampled in Photoshop produces good results, but I'm hoping to avoid this and produce images directly from the INDD working file if possible (as there are a high number of images to be processed).

 

No problem if there's nothing to be done (as this was something of an experiment), but I thought it worth checking in with the Adobe community brains trust regardless.

 

Thanks!

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Correct answer rob day

Thanks, not sure why I wasn’t getting the error here, but there is a missing variable. Haven’t had time to check it in 2021, but see if this updated script works:

 

 

https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/ca875a61-546a-416e-6475-ab3f3c29c717

 

 

 

 

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rob day
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rob dayCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 2, 2021

Exporting a PDF and opening in Photoshop often produces better results. You might try this Javascript, it exports the page or selection to PDF and saves the PDF as a JPEG:

 

https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/ca875a61-546a-416e-6475-ab3f3c29c717

 

 

The dialog looks like this:

 

 

There are two added options: Open in Photoshop leaves the JEPG open where you can edit or save to a different format. Open to Fixed Pixel Width lets you set any final pixel width for the page or selection. This is a recent translation of an Applescript, and I’ve only tested it in-house in version 2020.

    Ian Sayers
    Ian Sayers
    Inspiring
    March 2, 2021

    @rob day I get an error when i try to run that script - no panel appears

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    chris26019174xdj4
    Participating Frequently
    September 9, 2022

    Hi @chris26019174xdj4 ,

    I’ve decided that using the OS temp folder is too uncertain, so I updated the original version to use the ID parent folder for the PDF, and then remove it after the JPEG is created. Here’s the link to that version—version 4 at the top of the script. Let me know if it works: 

     

    https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/e62626e4-9f44-45a3-6da0-0a1b51e8ecbf


    That works perfectly. It will come in very handy. Thanks for all your help.

    Ian Sayers
    Ian Sayers
    Inspiring
    March 1, 2021

    Can you explain more about how you are exporting out jpg files please ?

    If file > export and choosing jpeg format then check that the "image quality" is set to maximum and Format method is set to Progressive.

     

    This saves the enitr page as a jpeg file so might not be what you are doing or want to do.

    If exporting indesign as html then check the settings are correct - original or optimised with JPEG image quality set to maximum and format method as progressive.

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      DoubleBounceAuthor
      Participant
      March 4, 2021

      Thanks for the repsonse - it was File > Export to JPG (both Baseline and Progressive settings at Maximum quality) that was leading to low-quality results.

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