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scaling an image in indesign

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Sep 01, 2010 Sep 01, 2010

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hello forumers.

is there a way yo scale up and down an image/picture/photo in indesign just like in ps or illustrator?im getting confused with the indesign way of doing it.

thank you.

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Community Expert , Sep 01, 2010 Sep 01, 2010

That's what I do as well, as (for CS4 and up) smart guides will help you by snapping to 'common' widths such as a text frame's, or another image.

Eliding on Bob: rather than Shift, in InDesign it's drag with Ctrl/Cmd that scales. Add Shift to preserve its original width/height ratio (that's a shared function for all drawing tools in InDesign).

An image is sort of a special case, because the default is to resize its frame -- without affecting the image (something I'm dearly missing in Illustrator!)

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Sep 01, 2010 Sep 01, 2010

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How are you doing it, then?

There are several different ways, including (but not limited to) some mouse-and-keyboard coordination, typing in values in the control panel or in the Scale percentage dialog, and using the scale tool directly. I always thought there was enough choice to satisfy anyone.

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i prefer to use the mouse and hold a down the  shift key like in ps.

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Change your tool to Direct Selection Tool (A), click on image and you can scale/move/rotate. Also, you can double click on image frame to get to the image, or use Content Grabber (CS5) for fastest way to manipulate placed image.

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If you're using CS5 enable auto fit or use the cmd/ctrl key in combination with the shift key.

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That's what I do as well, as (for CS4 and up) smart guides will help you by snapping to 'common' widths such as a text frame's, or another image.

Eliding on Bob: rather than Shift, in InDesign it's drag with Ctrl/Cmd that scales. Add Shift to preserve its original width/height ratio (that's a shared function for all drawing tools in InDesign).

An image is sort of a special case, because the default is to resize its frame -- without affecting the image (something I'm dearly missing in Illustrator!). Clicking the image with the white arrow selects the inner stuff -- the actual image --, so you can scale and drag that around in its bounding box (the aforementioned frame). Usually, one doesn't want to move/scale them independently, and that's what Cmd/Ctrl plus Shift + drag is for.

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Thank you so much, Bob. I've read my directions ten times and just made that Command/Ctrl key connection with Shift. Your way works!

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