Placed Image Clarity Issues

I am using ID CS5 on Windows 7 pro. My question is why do some of my placed images come in sharp and clear and others are fuzzy and only come in sharp when I change my display performance to 'high quality'. The images were created using PS CS5 albeit a few years apart. I normally have the view set to 'typical display' so I do not get lag from graphic intensive publications I am working on. It is more a nuisance than a hinderance. I would still like to know why so I can give people who proof my projects on screen a reasonable explanation. As always, your help is always appreciated.

Peter, I save/create all my images at 300ppi. I did notice looking at the link info I see that actual ppi is 300 and the effectiv ppi changes as I scale the image. I did find something in the Preferences/Dispaly Performance that I can set raster images and vector graphcis to high resolution and seems to have solved the problem but still does not answer the question. I will try to let it go and get this project knocked out. Thanks for your help.

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Hi all,
I'm hoping someone can clue me in here... I've just updated from Indesign CS3 to CS5. I was hoping in the upgrade Indesign would give you an option for placing images in picture frames at an exact scale (like you can in Quark), for instance if you place an empty picture box on the master pages and enter 55% scale you would drop in images on each page of the layout at 55% scale.
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As far as I know, you can't set scaling for a empty frame. You can use a placholder image and scale that, and if you turn off relink preserves dimensions relinking to a new image would preserve the scaling, but only if you do it one at a time through the links panel. Using the Place command and replacing theimages will not preserve the scaling, so through the interface there isn't much help.
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When I place images in Illustrator CS5,
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while my document in illustrator is in CMYK mode
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and had no problems with my printed jobs (leaving all placed files as are - RGB)
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH
GYPAS

Thanks Monica
I think that color management issues are a thing I need to dig into a little more.
As I have mentioned so Far I Have not had ANY problems with the printed outcome
even if I left the placed images in RGB formats
The reason that suits me at least is that I save time this way (not having to convert the placed files in CMYK)
AND THEN REPLACE THEM.
Also I keep my Hard drive not so full since I dont keep CMYK files that take up more memory and space.
BUT THE QUESTION CONTINUES....
Is it better to EMBED the images upon placement. Does Illy treat them any different???
Thanks again for your valuable input
Keep up the good work
A.

Illustrator CC (2014) automatically embedding placed images

So this happened a lot in previous versions of Illustrator and I could trash my extensions and fix everything. Problem: when I place images, it will automatically embed placed images, making my file sizes huge. Seems to do it more with PSD files, wanting to flatten, etc. How do you reset the extensions in 2014?

This issue is more about Illustrator than Extension Manager. I am afraid it's better to post you question to Illustrator. If you are sure the problem was caused by a specific extension, you can disable or remove it in Extension Manager.

Placed image scaling problem

Hello,
just need one advice from the gurus out here.
i have placed few images in adobe indesign , now after placing image in indesign if i scale the image to 102 or 103 or 105% will it effect printing quality in offset printing ??? i mean i am increasing the size by 1% or 2% or 4% will it effect printing ? becuase scaling in photoshop is going to take lot of time because i have 1500 different products and all have different scaling issue so i thought of scaling bit more in indesign itself, please advice.
regds
Chako

If you know what line screen you're printers is using then you can calculate your minimum PPI.
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Newspapers generally at 85 - 105 lpi
127.5ppi to 157.5 ppi
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199.5 ppi to 225 ppi
Art books - high end printing etc around 175 - 200 lpi.
262.5 - 300 ppi
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But the next time your printer tells you that your images are 250ppi and not good enough for printing you tell him that his halftone cells are rotated 45 degrees and that a2 + b2 = c2

How to find out the Pixel Dimensions and Document Size of placed images?

Is it possible to find out the placed image details like Pixel Dimensions(Width,Height) Document Size(Width,Height) in illustrator through scripting. Kindly advice me with some examples.

http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bbaa316.59b84fd8
I hope the snippet therein will get you started.
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SCRIPT TO IMPORT MULTIPLE PLACED IMAGES..AND OUTPUT MULTIPLE IMAGES TO SINGLE PDF.

Anyone got a script to import multiple placed images into CS4? or is this possible in CS5?
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Currently I output each completed layer individually and then right click those outputted jpegs in their output folder and choose "combine supported files into acrobat..." to make a single acrobat file..
I`d also like to be able to CTRL click multiple layers and go save as... only those layers get saved out...
And so adding something in the Save for PDF output dialogue box to save layers to multiple pages would be a helpful time saver..

In CS 4 and CS 5 you can drag and drop fro m the finder or the Bridge, and I guess any other similar type viewer, multiple number of image files to a document. You can configure the bridge in such a way as to allow you to see the Bridge and your document at the same time for this very purpose.
If you just drag and drop the files are linked if you drag while holding the shift key then the files will be embedded.
ID and PS CS 5 have a minibridge which works the sam way but is an actually panel and will stay in the front.
I separate the images but they import one on top of another.

Image quality issues in PS - word to PDF

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I am having major image quality issues when trying to make my word document a clean, clear PDF. Images become distorted. Borders for tables and text that are equal px size look like they are different sizes throughout the document.
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Add Strokes to Placed Images in Illustrator

Hi All,
I'm having a problem to add a stroke "frame" around my tiff image in Illustrator. My image is a "traced picture" from Photoshop. I used the following technique:-
Technique: Use an Effect
Choose File > Place and select an image to place into Illustrator document.
Choose File > Place and select an image to place into Illustrator document.
The image is selected. Open Appearance panel and from the Appearance panel flyout menu, choose Add New Stroke.
With the Stroke highlighted in the Appearance panel, choose Effect > Path > Outline Object.
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Technique #1: Use a Mask
This technique requires Illustrator CS3 and works only when your keyline will be rectangular in shape.
Choose File > Place and choose an image to place into your Illustrator document. You can either Link or Embed the image. Once you've chosen the image, click the Place button.
The image is selected (if your image already exists in your document, select it now), so if you look in your Control panel at the top of the screen, you'll see a button labeled "MASK". Click on it. This creates a mask at the exact bounds of the image.
Press the "D" key for Default. This gives the mask a black 1 pt stroke attribute. Adjust the stroke per your design needs.
NOTE: An additional benefit to this method of using a mask is that you now have the elements in place to simulate a "frame and image" paradigm like InDesign. Once you've created your mask, you can decide to "crop" your image by double clicking anywhere on the photo. This will put you into Isolation Mode. Now click on the frame edge and resize at will. When you're done, double click outside the image to exit isolation mode and continue working. This method works wonderfully when you're using the Selection tool (black arrow) and have the Bounding Box option turned on (in the View menu).
Technique #2: Use an Effect
At first, it may seem that applying a keyline with the use of an Effect is a tedious process. But we all know that once we've applied an effect, we can store it as a Graphic Style, at which point applying our keyline will become a single click. Go ahead, ask me why Adobe doesn't ship Illustrator with such an effect as a default setting in the NDPs (New Document Profiles). Go ahead, ask me why Adobe doesn't allow us to assign keyboard shortcuts to styles like InDesign does. I don't have answers to either of those questions (sorry). But let's get on with the styles, shall we?
There are two separate effects that we can use, and each provides a different benefit.
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With the Stroke highlighted in the Appearance panel, choose Effect > Convert to Shape > Rectangle. Check the Preview button, select the Relative option, and set both the Extra Width and Extra Height to zero (0). (Be careful not to press Tab after you enter the second value, or it will switch back to Absolute.) Click OK to apply the effect. Style the stroke attribute to match your design preference.
Now make this easier to apply in the future. With the object still selected, open the Graphic Styles panel and click the New Graphic Style button at the bottom of the panel. Give the style an appropriate name. If you then add this style to your NDPs, it will be readily available in all new files that you create.
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My InDesign program is printing my placed images lighter than illustrator.

I am trying to print a colour logo in Indesign with black type on my inkjet printer. The colours are appearing fine on screen and so is the black but when I print everything is washed out. I tried just printing a black box and it appears black on screen but in print it is grey. I have tried changing the preferences Appearance of Black to rich and accurate but that did not make a difference. Do I need to do anything in color management I am using Indesign CS2. How can I solve this problem?

Acrobat worked, thanks for that advice. I set my Convert to Profile under the Edit Menu to Color
Match RGB. That helped a little bit but it is not printing like the
pdf. I would like to get this problem resolved. I normally use
illustrator most of my work. But I would like to have InDesign working
properly as I need it to do other jobs.
Take Care,
Jen
Take Care,
Jen
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:24:47 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: My InDesign program is printing my placed images lighter than illustrator.
Jen,
This is a problem that you have no time to fool with, correct?
When printing from InDesign and all looks hopeless, export to PDF and print from the PDF.
Why?
I don't know for sure but it seems all printers made recently accept PDF better than straight from InDesign. It could be the printer driver and it could be InDesign but you don't have time to mess with it now. Wait for some free time to sort it out, but for now output to PDF and print from Adobe Reader or Acrobat.
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Create Pattern Swatch from Placed Image in Javascript

I need to create a large number of pattern swatches from some .jpg file on disk. I've figured out how to script the insertion of the .jpgs into my AI document as placed images:
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When you say you would drag the image itself into the Swatch Palette and it would show the image itself? How would then use this swatch? Can you give an example of what you would apply a jpeg to as a swatch? The only palette that I can think of off the top of my head that you can drag a jpeg into and have the icon appear as the jpeg is the Symbols Palette. Is is possible that you were using the Symbols Palette in the past and not the Swatch Palette?

InDesign Crashes while placing images on document.

Hi All,
I am facing problem and i am stuck at this point.
I download an image in a folder and place it in graphic box using IImportExportFacade's ImportAndLoadPlaceGun method it is working fine, but when i delete placed image from folder then it becomes as missing link after that if I download the same image at same path and try to place in another graphic box using same above API then indesign get crashed.
What is problem Any idea?
Please help me if anyone having same isuue i need to fix it urget.
Thanks in advance.
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Does it happen in other files withthe same image(s)? How about in a new user?

Newly placed images not showing up and Text Styles not previewing correctly

I was playing around with defining new text styles and they
looked OK in Dreamweaver but when previewed in browser everything
was in Times. I deleted all the pre-set styles trying to fix the
problem out why when I realized now newly placed images don't show
up in preview, but old images will. I can copy and paste an
existing image and it will show, but not if I place it new. When
trying to Manage Site, I kept getting a "Home page is not on
this...." message. Please help me figure out what I have
done!!!

>Home page is not on this...
Several possibilities spring to mind the first of which is
you haven't
defined your site properly or at all
>previewed in browser everything was in Times
a link to your stylesheet has an incorrect path
>realized now newly placed images don't show up in
preview,
they should, defined site again?
If you have a URL we could see the code?
If not can you post the code here, otherwise these are all
guesses
Jo
"chas0616" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:esa2uh$h4d$[email protected]..
>I was playing around with defining new text styles and
they looked OK in
> Dreamweaver but when previewed in browser everything was
in Times. I
> deleted
> all the pre-set styles trying to fix the problem out why
when I realized
> now
> newly placed images don't show up in preview, but old
images will. I can
> copy
> and paste an existing image and it will show, but not if
I place it new.
> When
> trying to Manage Site, I kept getting a "Home page is
not on this...."
> message.
> Please help me figure out what I have done!!!
>

Placing Images (Screen Caps) for Callouts - Best Practice?

Illustrator CS6, Windows 7
I'm placing screen captures (screen images from software) in my artwork files to add callouts and create illustrations for a user manual.
The machine I'm capturing on has a screen resolution set at 1920 x 1080 (required for software). I'm using Snagit and capturing the screens, saving files, then placing in Illustrator. I've been using images minimum 300 dpi and never upsizing in Illustrator. Still I think my results could be better.
In the past I've used .jpg as my export filetype for placing into Illustrator. But, recent reads of postings in this community lead me to believe my practice might be flawed.
Question: What is considered best practice for placing images from screen capture (or any source) in Illustrator? What file type from capture will get me the clearest and most adaptable results?
My Illustrator file color mode is CMYK and my other art and callouts supporting the screen cap are working great.
I'm creating the artwork for import to Framemaker and creating a PDF for online and print.

What I mean is; what is the user looking at, and what are you training on?
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Generally, you don't need anything like 300 PPI for screen captures in software documentation. The whole intent is for the image to look like the screen you are documenting, which is something like 72 or 96 PPI at actual size. You might downscale a screen capture as much as 50%, but at that size, the reader is viewing the application's text (including menus, etc.) at half the size as viewed in the application, which is assumed to be sized for comfortable reading. Sharpness is good. You don't want the images to become blurred in pursuit of completely needless "resolution."
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How is the manual going to be printed? Unless you're talking about a large press runs, nowadays software documentation (subject to frequent updates) is often printed on on-demand presses (think glorified digital color copiers), not sheetfed presses. With software documentation, you're not usually talking coffee-table collector's books. (The exception would be something like a book on color-correction in Photoshop; thus my first question.)
I routinely paste screenshots from SnagIt directly into InDesign pages to document software applications, and add the callouts in InDesign. Only when I need some special graphics (swooping arrows, etc.) do I assemble the callouts to the screenshots in Illustrator; and even when I do that, I also typically paste the SnagIt captures directly in to AI.
Keeping your callouts native to the page layout program also better facilitates language translation, when you have to outsource that.
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