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• • December 1, 2011 at 1:08 am #61196
    Kafetist

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    I go to Export, choose JPEG, and for some reason the splashy green graphic gets clipped off at odd points. It is AI file, but I tried embedding it too and it did nothing to help me.

    Also, checking “Spreads” or “Use Document Bleed Settings” doesn't help, tried that already.

    You might wonder why would I want to export as jpeg, but some people (not me, the other guy) prefer small emails to good quality, and with their printers it doesn't really matter if it's slightly jpeg compressed

    

  • December 1, 2011 at 4:19 am #61199
    Anonymous

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    JPEG export from InDesign is notoriously awful. It just doesn't work as well as other programs, like Illustrator, photoshop or Acrobat.

    I find that firstly exporting the document to High Quality PDF setting. Then open that PDF in Photoshop choosing the same resolution (300 ppi) for the quality.

    Then use File>Save As>Jpg

    I do not recommend JPG for professionally printed files. Obviously PDF is better and will print a lot sharper.

    I on the other hand use the above method for creating adverts for Email Campaigns. Despite our e-newsletter software allowing Text along with Images – I still have to supply Artwork for adverts in JPEG! Which seems mental to me and bloats the email, where text would be more efficient in both clarity and file size.

    But these are the things we have to put up with – right!?

  • December 2, 2011 at 10:11 am #61209
    Julie Gallagher

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    There can be unfortunate color shifts when opening a CMYK PDF in Photoshop to save as a JPG. (If the file is RGB, it's not a problem.)

    Save the PDF as a TIF and then make the JPG in Photoshop for truer colors. Or, eliminate the Photoshop step and export to JPG in Acrobat.

    Small type is a bit jaggier with the second approach (no control of JPG quality), but it's simpler for preparing quick comps for review.

  • December 5, 2011 at 12:20 am #61223
    Kafetist

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    Oh, well that's a bit sad then, because InDesign seems to compress the image in best quality/size ratio. I got decent results in 800kB (other than the clipping) but when I go for the lowest possible quality in Photoshop it gives out almost 2MB file in less quality.

    The problem is I have to email the thing to other people to print out with their desktop printers so we get larger audience, the PDFs with photos and all are like 6MB and most of the people complain about those PDFs filling up their emails (talk about stoneage, right?)

    I guess I'll have to think about making separate designs for the people I need to send out the emails.

    Edit: Conclusion: I really don't need to be too conserned about the quality, as long as the message is delivered.

  • December 5, 2011 at 4:44 am #61225
    Anonymous

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    Colour shifts are only an issue if you are concerned about the colour shifts ;)

    I'd make a Adobe RGB PDF to open in Photoshop – note this is only to get a good sharp JPG for web use, nothing else. I don't find InDesigns jpg export that bad, but on some occassions it spits out real crap jpgs, so I use the PDF to PHotoshop to JPG route to get a better quality jpg.

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