Problems bringing psd into in design CS4

Hello,
I am trying to use a high resolution (300, though I've tried higher as well) psd in In design, but when I drop it in, the quality looks bad: the curves of the image (logo) appear jagged. I need to use a psd (or similar) because I do not want a white background to appear with the image when I bring it into In design. I have tried saving as a gif and the results are about the same.
Is this a problem with In Design or with the psd image?
Thanks for your help.

Transparency and gradients don't always mix well, and printing gradients is often problematic even without that complication. Gradients created in ID are vector objects, and they get output a the resolution of the output device. A desktop printer, for example, is not capable of the same number of steps that can be achieved on a 2800 dpi imagesetter making plates for a press. Insufficient difference in the stops can also lead to visible banding.
There's a good chance that the transparency forced ID to rasterize the gradient and during flattening there might be some color shifting as things blend, paricularly if the flattener space doesn't match the color mode of the gradient. Are you seeing this shift on screen, or in print? How is the blue defined? Is this direct froom ID, or a PDF?

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