Images appear pixelated when brought into indesign/exported to pdf

When i drag a large image file into indesign it appears very pixelated and cannot figure out how to get the resolution better, it also looks even worse when i export the project to a pdf file. Does anyone know how to fix this?

It may be that the image is too large and ID is having a hard time deciding on what to do with the file. If you use the FIle>Place method and look in the Links panel, what are the Actual and Effective resolutions given for the file?

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This should only be a temporary effect. Once the clips have been converted in to ProRes (a background process) they will be OK. If you do more editing the affected clips will again appear blurred until they are reprocessed.
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I think that solved the problem. To protect myself, I'll have the printer do a proof before the run.
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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:58:10 -0600
From: [email protected]
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Subject: InDesign Export to PDF Pixellated
    Re: InDesign Export to PDF Pixellated
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Well, I looked at the first file and saw no pixel aspects at all. It was very clean. Check that you have display smoothing turned on in your preferences.
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