Indesign – link pdf and psd problem

Starscream John

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- December 7, 2016 at 2:42 pm #90381
  
  Starscream John
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  Hi everyone. I have setup an Indesign document for printing purpose (A3 format).
  When I insert a pdf file it is quite good. If I raster this file in photoshop and insert the relative psd file inside Indesign its quality is far worst, altough it is good on photoshop.
  I can’t figure why this happens, hope you can help me.
  
  This is a screenshot. The one on the left is the pdf, in the center is the psd file, on the right a png created from the psd as a try.
  
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- December 7, 2016 at 2:46 pm #90383
  
  Starscream John
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  https://postimg.org/image/hthujd0d3/
- December 7, 2016 at 3:23 pm #90386
  
  David Blatner
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  It looks like the one on the left is a vector PDF. That means it will always be very sharp. If you rasterize it in Photoshop it will be pixels, which will be fuzzy.
- December 7, 2016 at 5:27 pm #90388
  
  Starscream John
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  it may be right, but not in this case. The raster file opened in photoshop is far better at the same zoom ratio of the picture I show you.
- December 7, 2016 at 9:28 pm #90390
  
  David Blatner
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  Maybe you need to turn on View > Display Performance > High Quality Display?
- December 9, 2016 at 6:21 am #90406
  
  Niels JÌürgen Pedersen
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  InDesign only shows you a preview of the psd (and tif, jpg and so on ..) A vector file will be shown in full-res – but the output will be the same. Try to set the display performance to “High Quality Display as David writes – then InDesign loades the full images into InDesign.
- January 13, 2017 at 2:30 am #91228
  
  David Prescott
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  why do you need to use a psd instead of the original pdf? unless you’re modifying the original pdf then just place it as it is (the pdf) into indesign.
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