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interactive pdf causing pixelation

  • August 25, 2020
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Hi there, im creating interactive pdfs and they are exporting to a very low resolution. I have set dpi to 300 and have slected maximum quality. 

 

First photo attached is from indeisgn and the second is the file exported to interactive pdf 

 

Can anyone help?

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    Correct answer John Mensinger

    A couple things:

    If those are placed raster images, it is their actual resolution that's exporting, not the 300 ppi set in the Interactive PDF Export dialog. That is, export doesn't up-sample them.

     

    If they are very small, and screen-resolution, the result isn't all that surprising. It takes a lot of pixels to render clean edges on a circle.

     

    If better graphics aren't available, one fix I'd consider trying is just drawing an InDesign-native (vector) black-filled circle to position behind each icon to "supplement" its edges. (The white symbol on each icon looks satisfactory to me.)

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    John Mensinger
    John MensingerCorrect answer
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    August 25, 2020

    A couple things:

    If those are placed raster images, it is their actual resolution that's exporting, not the 300 ppi set in the Interactive PDF Export dialog. That is, export doesn't up-sample them.

     

    If they are very small, and screen-resolution, the result isn't all that surprising. It takes a lot of pixels to render clean edges on a circle.

     

    If better graphics aren't available, one fix I'd consider trying is just drawing an InDesign-native (vector) black-filled circle to position behind each icon to "supplement" its edges. (The white symbol on each icon looks satisfactory to me.)

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