Create placeholder - photoshop to indesign

How do I create a placeholder in Photoshop CS2 to be able to open in Indesign CS2 and place a jpeg image in the "path" created within the layers so the shadows overlap the imported image?

morrowdesign wrote:
Thank you so much for replying. In my attempts to figure this out myself, I did paste the psd file into Indesign.
Do not paste! place (command +D) the file in InDesign.
What I could not figure out is how to select the vector file or path that I created in Photoshop so I could place an image into it. What I am creating is a templet of sorts and I need to be able to change the pictures out easily and quickly.
The layer of the vector file or path is below another layer in Photoshop that has a shadow. I want the shadow to be over the image imported. Does that make sense?
Thanks for any help you can give me.
Sherri
select the path in ID. but why use paths just place another transparent shadow over it.

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