ADOBE INDESIGN CS3 Chapter 6 PLACING AND LINKING GRAPHICS

ADOBE INDESIGN CS3

Chapter 6

PLACING AND LINKING GRAPHICS

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Use the Links panel

Understanding preview files

Low resolution versions of graphics

Acts as a proxy for actual content

Stores a link to content

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Using the Links panel

Links panel is command center for managing links to placed graphics

Lists all files, both graphic and text

Lists location page number

Gives options for sorting list

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Use the Links panel

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Using the Link Information dialog box

Double-click filename in Links panel

Displays file size, date last modified, and file type

Links panel helps access if original graphic to be edited

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Use the Links panel

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Managing links to placed graphics When graphic or text placed, InDesign remembers path on

your computer

Links panel alerts to status of placed file Linked File is Missing icon appears when established link no

longer points to file Linked File is Modified icon appears when file is modified after

being placed in InDesign

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Use the Links panel

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Use the Links panel

Page numbers of placed files

Placed files

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Updating missing and modified files

To update modified files in Links panel click file name then click Update Link button

Files with Linked File is Missing status need to be relinked Click file name in Links panel Click Update Link button Once reestablished, file changes to Up to Date

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Use the Links panel

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Use the Links panelLinked File is Missing icon

Linked File is Modified icon

Three graphic files are Up to Date

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Embedding files

When embedded, placed file becomes part of document No longer links to source file Cannot update embedded file from source file

To embed, select in Links panel, click Embed File

Embedded files increase file size of InDesign and may have negative impact on InDesign performance

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Use the Links panel

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Use the Links panel

Embedded icon

Update Link button

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Place Vector Graphics

Understanding vector graphics

Graphics created in drawing programs, such as Adobe Illustrator, are called vector graphics

Consist of anchor points and line segments—paths

Best choice for typographical illustrations

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Place Vector Graphics

When placing vector graphic in InDesign you can resize without losing image quality

Resizing bitmaps results in loss of quality

When vector graphic placed from Illustrator, only objects composed are placed

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Choosing the default display performance

When graphic file placed in InDesign, low-resolution preview file appears

Quality displayed determined in Display Performance section of Preferences dialog box

Choose between Fast, Typical, or High Quality views

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Three settings

Display Performance category

Keep unchecked

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Place Vector Graphics

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Vector graphic placed in InDesign

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Place Vector Graphics

There are three performance display settings for placed images

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High Quality Typical Fast

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Options for placing Illustrator graphics

When placing Illustrator graphic decide if any additional modification needed

If no modification, save in Illustrator format (.ai)

If layers need to be manipulated save in PDF format

To edit objects, paths, or text, copy from Illustrator and paste

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Place Vector Graphics

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Place Bitmap Graphics

Bitmap Graphics

Bitmap graphics are created using rectangular grid of colored squares called pixels

The number of pixels per inch in a bitmap graphic determines the image’s resolution

When you place a bitmap graphic into InDesign, you should not resize it Bitmap graphics lose quality when enlarged

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Place Bitmap Graphics

Understanding Bitmap graphics in relation to InDesign

Can be placed in InDesign for all types of applications

Resolution always an issue Correct resolution determined by output medium CD-ROMs and Web sites usually saved at 72PPI For offset printing image must be twice line screen

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Example of pixels being resized

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Place Bitmap Graphics

Understanding resolution issues in relation to InDesign

Once placed, bitmap should only be increased by no more then 10%

Best to create all bitmaps in Adobe Photoshop to final size and resolution

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Understanding the relationship of InDesign with other Adobe products

Many functions overlap between Adobe programs

Allows you to do things in InDesign without going back to Photoshop or Illustrator

You must remember what effect your modifications have on placed graphics

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Place Bitmap Graphics Remove white background

from placed graphics

Use the Detect Edges function in the Clipping Path dialog box

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Type of clipping path is Detect Edges

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Place Bitmap Graphics

Threshold setting Determines pixel

values that will be made transparent

Tolerance setting Determines how

smooth the edge of the image will be once pixels are transparent

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Threshold setting

Tolerance setting

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Place Bitmap Graphics

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White background made transparent

White background

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Place Bitmap Graphics

A silhouette is a selection made in Photoshop

Alpha channels are silhouettes saved with names

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Black areas can be made transparent in InDesign

White represents selected areas of image

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Place Bitmap Graphics

Loading clipping paths in InDesign

Paths are another type of selection you can create in Photoshop

Created with Pen Tool, one or more paths can be saved in file

Save or export a path with Photoshop file Saved files don’t automatically load in InDesign but can be

loaded using Clipping Path Exported clipping paths are loaded automatically

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Place Bitmap Graphics

Placing a graphic with a feathered edge against a colored background in InDesign

Graphic with soft edge referred to as feathered edge

Created in Photoshop

Standard is to place feathered edge against white background

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Placing a graphic with a transparent background in InDesign

When placing feathered edge against colored background, save against a transparent background in Photoshop

Make selection with feathered edge Copy selection to new layer Make original layer visible

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Place Bitmap GraphicsLayers panel in Photoshop and a graphic against a

transparent background

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Checkerboard represents transparent areas

Background layer is not visible

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Use Libraries Working with Libraries

Libraries are InDesign files Click File on the menu bar, point to New, then click

Library Appear as a panel in document window Not saved with one particular document

Libraries are used to store graphics Drag graphics from library to InDesign documents

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Use Libraries

Libraries can store text, vectors, bitmaps, and InDesign objects, such as frames

Commands for adding items to library on Library panel menu Add Items on Page Add Items on Page as Separate Objects

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Use Libraries

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Library Item Information button

Show Library Subset button

Delete Library Item button

New Library Item button