Can InDesign CC 2014 automate image placement?

I have designed a certificate of achievement to award participants for a variety of activities.
I have also designed badges for each activity in the form of png files.
I will be creating numerous certificaes and already know how to auto-generate them with customized names from an exported csv file.
However I am wondering if InDesign CS6 is able to automatically place the unique png badges on the certificates through a similar automated feature or via coding or other customized approach?
Thanks in advance for your consideration.

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Rob,
Thank you for running your test!
Since posting (and just before reading your reply), I discovered an additional constraint on replicating the issue:
–it only appears when the linked image has been upscaled* (in my example, 107.1%)
*keep in mind, the PDF was upscaled to the same degree, ruling out it being solely an upscaling issue
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–testing at 'odd-magnification' scales (i.e. 101%) generated random artifacts (like those visible in the samples of my initial post)
–as such, this is likely more of a resampling/aliasing issue than jpg-artifacting.
That is, it would seem that upscaled images seem to enjoy a higher-quality resampling method when exported as PDFs.
I'd be curious to see how your test fared with upscaled images.
samples
image scaled at 150%, exported as PDF (compression set to JPG, maximum quality)
image scaled at 150%, exported as JPG (maximum quality, anti-alias**)
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Sorry for not being clear. I did the fix in CC2014 and worked great.
El 06/30/2014, a las 8:40, Small Town Gal <[email protected]> escribió:
InDesign CC 2014 freezes on "What's New" window
created by Small Town Gal in InDesign - View the full discussion
Dear Alberto,
I'm not sure what vernon you're now running? Did the above fix work on the new InDesign 2014? or are you saying that InDesign CC is now working? The suggested "fix" says to open the InDesign CC folder, so I'm wondering if deleting the "What's New" folder from InDesign CC actually also removes it from InDesign 2014? and is a temporary fix for InDesign 2014, allowing it to finally launch? Thanks.
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