InDesign Imported Images with activated paths

[Paul_Michael_Henry]

Does anyone know if, when you import an image via a data merge if you can have the photoshop path automatically activated? I have loads of images to work and I am having to manually active the each via the clipping path window in InDesign and it’s taking ages…

[SJRiegel]

I don't know of a way to automate this within InDesign, because a given image may contain multiple paths, so InDesign would not know which one to use. You could go back into Photoshop with all of the images, and specify the path as a Clipping Path in Photoshop. It would take a while the first time, but then the path would be applied automatically every time the file was placed in the futere. Then you could make this standard practice when saving files going forwared.

[winterm]

IF the path you want is the only one in an image, or at least the first in the list, try this javascript. It will check all imported images in an active document, and will enable the first photoshop path, if available:

myDoc = app.activeDocument
length = myDoc.allGraphics.length
for (i=0;i<length;i++)
{
try
{
myDoc.allGraphics[i].clippingPath.clippingType = ClippingPathType.PHOTOSHOP_PATH
}
catch(err)
}