indesign cs5 scale image
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- epigraph
It was always a no-no to scale an image in indesign, and I was told to scale it in photoshop.
Has this changed? Is cs5 better at scaling images for export to pdf documents.
Especially at more than 100%
And happy fuckin 4th! =)
- i_monk0
I've only been told it's a no-no to upscale, not downscale.
- doesnotexist0
don't scale up from 100%, that's obvious—isn't it?
otherwise, scale away in indesign.
- doesnotexist0
or get genuine fractals if you must upscale past 100%
- epigraph0
I'm just asking, because when I design wedding albums using a rinky dink scrapbooking software called fotofusion, I resize up past 100% all the time. The albums come out looking fine. we're talking eyebal to the page at 24" printed size, looking fine.
- doesnotexist0
if the images you're using are still around 300dpi when scaled up & printed, then yeah—it's not a problem. i know awhile back i could print images from a 20d @ 24"x36" and they were crystal clear.
depends on your original image quality, how much you scale, print quality, &c.
- Gnash0
Originally, the reason for scaling images to 100% outside of InDesign was to unburden the processing requirements of the RIPs - it was disproportionately more work for the RIP to do it than Photoshop. It also helped keep the size of production files down if everything was size-as in the end.
These concerns aren't so much of an issue anymore. The only thing you should keep in mind is that if you are scaling images down greatly within InDesign you may not have optimal sharpening on the images. (in that one would sharpen an image differently at various final print sizes).
- epigraph0
Thanks all!
- k_temp0
Aside from what everyone said... if your image has 600dpi @100% you can upscale it as much as you want as long as you have a reasonable 300-200dpi after upscaled.
I've worked with huge images (like 12' long) of 1200dpi @100% because we sometimes print 400% of the inDesign file.