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hoynala
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August 11, 2017
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Placing a photoshop file into Indesign for printing

  • August 11, 2017
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Hi all,

I am working on a poster that I have made in photoshop and now it is getting time to print it. I need to set up margins and bleeds(which I should've done in the beginning) and I'm wondering if there's a way to do it in photoshop? If not, then I was wondering if it is possible to take the psd file and place it into Indesign and still maintain the full resolution for print?

Thank you!

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Bill Silbert
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Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
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August 11, 2017

InDesign will  be able to maintain full resolution if the file is imported as a PSD or TIFF as long as it is brought in at 100% of it's size. It should never be enlarged since it will lose resolution. If it needs to be reduced it should be resampled in Photoshop before importing into InDesign. Since you are doing a poster you should check with your printer as to their resolution requirements. Large posters do not usually need resolution set as high as smaller print jobs.

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hoynala작성자
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August 11, 2017

Perfect, thank you.

So as long as I keep the same document size and resolution I should be ey-okey then?

Bill Silbert
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Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
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August 11, 2017

However, text layers are rasterised when it's PSD placed in INDesign and exported to PDF.

Text will remain vector if you place the PDF from Photoshop and place into InD and export to PDF>


All of this depends on the requirements of the job and the workflow. I agree with Derek's first comment that most text should be done in the InDesign file. That way there is no worry about text anyway.

Derek Cross
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Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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August 11, 2017

You need to have an image that is more or less the size it will appear in InDesign with an Effective resolution of between 250 and 300 PPI (you can check this is the InDesign Links panel) expand the image to give a 3mm/1/8" bleed on the appropriate edges. Keep the image in RGB color mode (and let the PDF/X-4 software do the conversion). Add any text in InDesign (which can be under or over the image).

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
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August 11, 2017

Hi,

the best way to maintain vector shapes or live text when placing PhotoShop contents on an InDesign page is to save the PhotoShop file as PDF/X-4. Change the predefined PDF/X-4 settings so that no downsampling of image data is done.

Regards,
Uwe

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