Importing an image without a background

Hi Lisa

Are you talking about removing the background altogether from your image so that it just shows the object sans BG?

If you are talking about your background showing up as white space, then you would have to remove that first as InDesign will just see that white space as exactly that… white space and the text box would not show through because it is being blocked by the white space of the image.

You would need to go to Photoshop and use the background remover tool, or use the pen tool to highlight it and delete it. When deleted, the background will show as a feint checkered pattern. Then you should save it as either a GIF or PNG file.

HTH.

Or as a .psd file.

You could try setting the transparency blending mode of the image to Multiply (from the Effects panel). If you are just getting a white background around the image, this should make the white disappear into whatever is below it on the page.

I often do this as a quick fix with a jpeg image, rather than spend time working on the image in Photoshop.