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Indesign Photos Appearing as Black Boxes

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Jan 18, 2017 Jan 18, 2017

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Hello,

I am trying to create some wedding album layouts in InDesign. Every time I import a photo into InDesign (by clicking and dragging it from original folder into program) the photo either appears as a black box or like this:

Screen Shot 2017-01-18 at 10.28.45 PM.png

I've tried changing my display performance but nothing seems to do the trick, any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

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Jan 18, 2017 Jan 18, 2017

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What file type do the images have?

What color mode and what color profile do they have?

Often it helps opening images in Photoshop and save with a new file name as PSD (best in RGB) and place that in InDesign.

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Mentor ,
Jan 19, 2017 Jan 19, 2017

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In addition to answer of Willi -

Process a batch of Photoshop files

Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner

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Jan 19, 2017 Jan 19, 2017

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Looks like the images are slightly corrupted.

As above, resave to a different file format like a tiff or psd or whatever is appropriate

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Jan 20, 2017 Jan 20, 2017

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What format are the photos in right now?

What do they look like when you open them in a photo editor?

Which photo editor do you have (Photoshop?)

Where did the photos come from?

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