By Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on In. Design No one wants to see a low-resolution, pixelated image in their In. Design layout, but it happens all the time. There are three primary reasons why: You placed a low-resolution file into your layout.
When you resize a small photo to its larger version without doing any technical work on its resolution, the bitmaps appear on the screen. Human or camera errors can also cause your images to appear with pixelation or blur. How do you fix image quality in In, and design?
You could be asking “Why does my image look pixelated?”
The answer is that There are three primary reasons why: You placed a low-resolution file into your layout. You placed a file with appropriate resolution into your layout, and then enlarged it, effectively lowering the resolution. You did everything right and it still looks pixelated.
How do I view the resolution of an image in InDesign?
, adobe in Design: Viewing the Actual Resolution of an image in the Links panel You placed a file with appropriate resolution into your layout, and then enlarged it, effectively lowering the resolution. You can see when this happens in the Links panel, as well. At the original size, the image below was 300 ppi.
How can I improve the performance of my InDesign page?
It will take In. Design a few seconds longer to display your page, but the result should look significantly better!
Another common question is “How do I change the PPI of a photo in InDesign?”.
If you experience this problem in In. Design go to the View Menu>Display Performance and select Typical Display or High Quality Display. This should resolve the issue. Select the photo in ID, then open the Info panel or the Links panel and check the value for “effective ppi.”.
When you link files in an In. Design document and then In. Design loses access to the original, high-res files, it will print the low-res placeholder. For more information on linked files, see “Adobe In. Design: Should You Link or Embed Your Images?