Placed images from CC Libraries appear pixelated

[neonmamacita]

When I drag graphics from my CC library into In-design they display pixelated and also print pixelated. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Michael Riordan · Accepted solution]

Is your display performance set to High Quality? (look under the View Menu) If you're printing to a desktop laser of inkjet printer it can often use just the screen resolution rather than the actual image data so if it looks bad on screen it may also look bad in print.

[neonmamacita]

Yup, it's on high quality display and still appearing pixelated. I have the same issue with all assets from cc libraries. Is that just a big with the libraries?

[Steve Werner]

What kind of graphics are they (from Illustrator or images from Photoshop?) If images, what is their resolution (view with the Info panel to see)? If Illustrator, what happens if you use File > Place instead, turning on Show Import Options to turn on a transparent background.

[Laubender]

Hi neonmamacita ,

export to PDF/X-4 without downsampling and inspect the PDF in Acrobat Pro DC.

Here a screenshot showing Output Preview with the Object Inspector and my cursor clicked at the image.

Or use Preflight in InDesign where you can trigger an error if resolution is below a given minimum. That will also work with EPS and PDFs ( also placed AIs ) that contain pixel data.

Regards,
Uwe