Lightening Images/Photos in InDesign

Can someone help me how to lighten images (.gif) that I have dragged and dropped into InDesign (CS5) - when the finished product is printed, some images are too dark?

correct me if I am wrong, but TIFF doesn't allow clear cut images (just a box) and GIF is clear cut images
Not sure what you mean by TIFF doesn't allow clear cut images?! The image types you describe are very different from one another. In a print environment, TIFF, PSD and high res JPEGs can be used. GIF and PNG are web images and are not suitable for high quality printing.
Any images you place in your brochure should be edited in Photoshop, saved in a suitable format and placed into InDesign. The images 'effective' ppi should be 300 at print size. GIF will not achieve that.

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