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Picture Problems

Sep 20, 2012 8:03 AM

I am getting black pixals that show up around my photo when I export to PDF High Quality Print. Some of my other photos have the pixals show up when I open them up in preview but they are white. Any help is much appreciated.

Here is the image. When I view it in Indesign there is no problem. But when I export and print there is the pixals.

Thanks!

375 Views 3 Replies Latest reply: Peter Spier, Sep 20, 2012 3:28 PM

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1. Eugene Tyson,

Sep 20, 2012 8:50 AM in reply to JPW1415

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That's most likely because it's on a transparent background in photoshop - and someone didn't do a good job of cleaning around the edges.

I'd open it in Photoshop and draw a clipping path around it - then update it in InDesign

Activate the clipping path in Object>Clipping Path>Options and select Photoshop Clipping Path.

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2. JPW1415,

Sep 20, 2012 11:55 AM in reply to Eugene Tyson

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Thanks! I didnt know you could do that. I really appreciate the help!

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3. Peter Spier,

Sep 20, 2012 3:28 PM in reply to JPW1415

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Actually, it might be because it's a .psd file, and resaving as a transparent .tif will fix it.

Bob Levine wrote an article about this a year or two ago at Screen Artifacts on Transparent PSDs in Exported PDFs Can Be Deceiving…Most of the Time. | InDesignSecrets

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