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• • October 19, 2014 at 6:12 pm #71145
    Dean Last

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    Hi,
    Has anyone else seen this bug? (using latest InD CC 10.1.0.70 – works fine in CS6. Win7)

    1. Make InD file #1 with an image placed at effective 300dpi or above. save. close.
    2. Make new InD file #2, place InD file #1 at 100% scale.
    3. Export at 300dpi.

    Result: PDF contains low res version of image contained in file #1. Any images directly placed in file #2 are full res.

    I’ve explored many pdf (Print) export settings – pdf version and standards, compression, colour conversion etc and also get the same result from a jpg export at 300dpi. I’ve checked that the placed InD file can link to its image, and the master InD file can link to the placed InD file. All links are showing as up-to-date.

    I use placed InD files in a variable/data merge scenario, but this bug appears when used with static content too. Only workaround is to export content blocks to pdf after every change, then place pdfs instead of InD files… like in the bad ol’ CS2 days!

  • October 19, 2014 at 9:26 pm #71147
    Gert Verrept

    Member

    Weird,no problem here. Using CC 2014 on win 7 64b. Placed two images (tiff) into an ID file. Saved, placed the ID in a second file and exported with the general settings (pdf/x-1). The pdf shows what it should show, images at 300 dpi.

  • October 19, 2014 at 9:46 pm #71148
    Dean Last

    Member

    Guess I’m just lucky… thanks for testing!

  • October 20, 2014 at 4:18 am #71149
    Anonymous

    Inactive

    Make sure all the links are up to date in the Links Panel.

    Go to the original document, and ensure the link to the image is correct and no warnings.

  • October 20, 2014 at 5:43 am #71155
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    I tested it, too, and it works fine here. Be sure to check the PDF compression settings carefully, of course — not just the resolution but the amount. A low-quality jpg compression can mimic a low-resolution one because of jpeg artifacting.

  • October 21, 2014 at 9:35 pm #71179
    Dean Last

    Member

    Thanks for the replies…

    Links are showing as up-to-date in both docs. An export of either doc individually gives a correct result.
    Jpg compression is not the issue as images placed directly into the primary doc are exported correctly.

    I may need to try trashing prefs (again) if it keeps up, or just continue to use workarounds or older versions where needed.

  • October 23, 2014 at 8:03 pm #71214
    Dean Last

    Member

    Ok – now resolved!

    Under Prefs > File Handling, ‘Check links before opening document’ needs to be selected.
    ‘Find missing links before opening…’ can be on or off.
    You need to restart InDesign for the preference change to take effect.

    * It didn’t matter that all links were already perfectly linked in both documents. *

    It seems that if InD doesn’t ‘check links’ it will break them and you’ll be left with a preview of all raster content in the embedded InDesign file (text/vector content remains text/vectors). This bug does occur in CS6 too (when ‘check links’ is off in prefs).

    You need to accept a longer file opening time in order to get usable output when working with placed InDesign files that contain raster content. For all other occasions, you can keep ‘check links’ off and have a quicker file opening time.

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