New Contest! The Case of the Jaggy Image
Solve this InDesign mystery for a chance at winning a great prize.
Hey folks, it’s time for another InDesign mystery that you can solve for a chance to win an awesome prize!
Here’s the scenario:
You open an InDesign document. On one page of the document, there are three frames, each containing the same placed image. In two of the frames, the image looks smooth and high-res. But in the third, it looks jaggy and low-res.

You check the Links panel and confirm that all three frames contain the same image.

And it’s scaled the same in each. You’ve also seen a PDF exported from this document and all the images look high-res in the PDF.
Why does one of the placed images look low-res in the InDesign layout?
The prize is 3 months access to videos of any 2 days of CreativePro Week 2018!
The winner will be chosen at random from all the correct answers I receive before January 29, 2019
Enter now by emailing your solution to mike at indesignsecrets.com
Note: Comments are closed on this post so no one gives away the answer. Good luck!
This article was last modified on July 7, 2021
This article was first published on January 22, 2019
Commenting is easier and faster when you're logged in!
Recommended for you
5 Tips for Better Tables
Use these 5 quick tips to improve the appearance and usability of your InDesign...
Tip of the Week: Starting a Document on a Left-Hand Page
David Blatner shows the easy way to change a document so it starts on a left-han...
Tip of the Week: Halting Hyphenation Without Forced Line Breaks
This InDesign tip was sent to Tip of the Week email subscribers on April 18, 201...
