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Placed images not showing properly

New Here ,
Jan 05, 2018 Jan 05, 2018

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When I place images in my indesign file, they show up with noise or black. I have checked the original files, and tried saving them as new files as well. My initial document also has placed images that are previewing correctly. However, post the 200dth page, they are showing up as black or with noise like they are corrupt. I have checked the original files. Please see below screenshot.

Screen Shot 2018-01-05 at 13.47.49.png

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Community Expert , Jan 05, 2018 Jan 05, 2018

What happens if you select Ctrl+Alt+H (Win) or View>Display Performance>High Quality Display?

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Community Expert , Jan 05, 2018 Jan 05, 2018

Turn off GPU performance in your preferences.

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Community Beginner , Sep 01, 2022 Sep 01, 2022

Hey guys! I had the same problem myself. I've found my fix! InDesign sometimes doesn't like the color profile that's attached to the original image. I threw the photo into Photoshop, saved it under a new name, and BOOM problem solved! I hope this helps someone else out there too! 

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 05, 2018 Jan 05, 2018

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Have you tried to place those images to a new document? Which file format you are using in your images. I have experienced same kind of problems with EPS-files. You can also try to change your Display Setting to High Quality.

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What happens if you select Ctrl+Alt+H (Win) or View>Display Performance>High Quality Display?

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New Here ,
Mar 19, 2021 Mar 19, 2021

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great, thank you so much

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New Here ,
Mar 28, 2021 Mar 28, 2021

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Thanks a million, Sisham. You've just saved my day.

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New Here ,
May 20, 2021 May 20, 2021

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You're an absolute legend!

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Community Expert ,
Jan 05, 2018 Jan 05, 2018

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Turn off GPU performance in your preferences.

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New Here ,
Jan 09, 2020 Jan 09, 2020

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what is GPU ? 

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 18, 2020 Feb 18, 2020

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The setting is in your InDesign preferences. This link shares what GPU is: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/gpu_performance.html

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Explorer ,
Sep 21, 2020 Sep 21, 2020

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Screen Shot 2020-09-22 at 7.51.47 AM.png

 Indesign 2020.

The GPU is turned off. it is set to display high quality. I place this .png file into a new indesign document. it appears like this (the pic to the right) the pic on the left is how it should look. This is one reason why i don't like upgrading. it consumes so much time.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 15, 2022 Jun 15, 2022

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Do you have another file type than PNG? Much better is to use the original vector AI file.

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Explorer ,
May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022

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I am having the same problem-- certain images showing noise/greyed out/staticy/glitchey like the original post, however, I tried turning the gpu on and off and it did not change anything.  Some of the images are fine in the working document and become noise only when I select high quality display or do the document preview (i.e. they only show up when low quality) Others are always fine or always noise.

 

Is it because the links are on an external hard drive? None of the links are broken. Any ideas?  

Thanks!

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New Here ,
Jun 15, 2022 Jun 15, 2022

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I have exactly the same problem periodically. Thought it was the external hard drive but packaged the file and opened from the desktop and still have pics full of noise!

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New Here ,
Jun 18, 2022 Jun 18, 2022

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David, see my comment (below). Try relinking everything to the files on your desktop.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 15, 2022 Jun 15, 2022

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What file type are you using?

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New Here ,
Jun 15, 2022 Jun 15, 2022

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jpegs and eps files.

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Community Expert ,
Dec 22, 2023 Dec 22, 2023

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Avoid EPS.

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New Here ,
Jun 18, 2022 Jun 18, 2022

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I ran into this problem with a file I'd been working on that was originally on an external hard drive. That got too scary, so I moved everything over to my main computer (the cloud), and suddenly my images went all weird, just like this. The reason? They were still linked to the images on the external hard drive. When I relinked to the images on my main computer, everything showed back up. Go figure! But glad I could fix it!

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Community Beginner ,
Sep 01, 2022 Sep 01, 2022

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Hey guys! I had the same problem myself. I've found my fix! InDesign sometimes doesn't like the color profile that's attached to the original image. I threw the photo into Photoshop, saved it under a new name, and BOOM problem solved! I hope this helps someone else out there too! 

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New Here ,
Jan 18, 2023 Jan 18, 2023

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Bless you!

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New Here ,
May 10, 2023 May 10, 2023

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Thanks for your help!

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New Here ,
Jul 24, 2023 Jul 24, 2023

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Clicked on this link thinking we had the same InDesign image issue.. I was wrong, yours was way worse lol.

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New Here ,
Nov 06, 2023 Nov 06, 2023

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Having this same issues at the moment on multiple different client files - I have also tried all the suggestions before coming across this post such as changing GPU to CPU and also high def version. Files open fine no issues on my Macbook, only doing it on iMac - HELP PLEASE! I can not deal doing all my layout work on my Macbook

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Adobe Employee ,
Dec 15, 2023 Dec 15, 2023

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Hi defaultxwwh8a07lwk6,

 

Sorry to hear about the trouble and for the delay in response. Are you still experiencing an issue? If yes, please share the version of InDesign & OS and is this happening on a specific or multiple files?

Thanks

Rishabh

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New Here ,
Dec 22, 2023 Dec 22, 2023

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Same issues here - tried all the suggestions before looking in the forum - all working OK about a month ago! No changes to hardware, all software up to date . . . 

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