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sophief92983448
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September 22, 2020
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Placed image is invisible

  • September 22, 2020
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Can someone please help me because I am pulling my hair out! 

I have designed a magazine in InDesign and I am nearly finished except putting just one more image in and it's not having any of it. I am trying to put a PNG file onto a whole A5 page, when I place the image it is coming up invisible! I can still resize the image but there is nothing there. I have tried this in several different ways now and even tried it in a new document, but still not working. The closest I have got to it is a solid black box instead of the image? 

 

If someone can help I would appreciate it as I need to get my magazine to print! 

thank you!  

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rob day
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rob dayCommunity Expert
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September 22, 2020

Also, if the color mode of your PNG is Grayscale make sure its container frame isn’t filled with [Black]:

 

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    September 22, 2020

    Hi Sophie,

    hm. Could you open the PNG file in PhotoShop and do a screenshot with the Layers panel open?

     

    FWIW: Maybe the frame you inserted the image to is set with a transparency effect.

    So in effect the frame is perhaps set to 0% opacity? Like in this example:

     

    Image selected, opacity of image itself is 100%:

    Container frame of the image selected, opacity of the container frame is set to 0%.

    In effect that means, all what the frame contains, the image, is invisible:

    Container frame of the image selected. Opacity of the container frame changed from 0% to 100%.

    The image is fully visible:

     

    Image selected:

     

     

    Thanks,
    Uwe Laubender

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    Diane Burns
    Diane Burns
    Inspiring
    September 22, 2020

    Yes, agree with Mike, open the image in Photoshop and resave in .psd format, then import the new image in InDesign. 

      Mike Witherell
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      Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 22, 2020

      You might try opening the PNG file into Photoshop; resave the file as a .PSD native Photoshop file; and then place that new file into InDesign.

      Mike Witherell
      Scott Citron
      Scott Citron
      Legend
      September 22, 2020

      And if transparency is of no importance, try saving the file as JPG and placing that instead of the PNG.

      Barb Binder
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      Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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      September 22, 2020

      Knowing that time is of the essence, can you share that one page, including the linked image?

       

      ~Barb 

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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      sophief92983448Author
      Participant
      September 22, 2020

      Sorry, how would I do this, please?

      Thank you! 

      Barb Binder
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      Barb BinderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 22, 2020

      You can put the files on dropbox and add the link here (public) or message the link to me privately by clicking on my name, above this reply.

       

      ~Barb 

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
      Derek Cross
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      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 22, 2020

      Can you scroll out just to double check it's not a bit of the png (unlikely).

      Are there any clues in the Links panel?

      Does unticking GPU Performance under the GPU Performance tab in InDesign Preferences help?

       

       

      Derek Cross
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      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 22, 2020

      I don't seem able to update my last post, I would have added, which version of InDesign and OS do you have?

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