Image placements are incorrectly sized

[crwinchester]

I just downloaded the trial and I am attempting to recreate an InDesign template in Publisher. I've set the document size to be the same and I I am trying to place the images and other links in a similar manner as I done in InDesign. However, Publisher places these items at the incorrect sizes. There was no scaling when I placed in InDesign so I'm wondering what the problem is here in Publisher. Finding this glitch after immediately starting my trial does not bode well. Please advise. Thanks.

[Callum]

Hi Crwinchester,

Welcome to the forums

Please could you provide a screen recording demonstrating this problem?

Thanks

C

[crwinchester]

Sure thing. I think what I've discovered since I posted is that Publisher utilizes dpi settings where InDesign does not. Therefore, all of the assets I had placed previously in InDesign will have to be resized manually. While I have some understanding of this, it does present some workflow hurdles for work that I've previously done. Please let me know if there is another method for placing objects that may respect the previous workflows. Thanks.

[GarryP]

Interesting.
Can you have a look in Windows Explorer, right-click the image and choose Properties, then go to the Details tab please?
What does it say the Width and Height are of the image?
I only ask as Publisher (in your video) has created a layer which is 4000x2250 pixels which, given your page size of 960x540 pixels, seems to be displayed correctly, i.e. way bigger than the page.
From this it looks like Publisher is placing the image correctly – pixel to pixel – while InDesign is doing some ‘background’ rescaling.
I’ve just tried to place a 1920x1270 image into three documents – of 300dpi, 144dpi and 72dpi – all sized by pixels, and it always places the image at the same size, as I would expect.
However, when I place that same image into three documents – of 300dpi, 144dpi and 72dpi – but sized by inches I get a differently-sized image layer each time, as I would expect as they have different dpis.
If your document is sized by pixels it seems that Publisher is placing the image pixel-to-pixel while InDesign is doing some rescaling. I don’t use InDesign so I can’t say which behaviour is ‘right’ but pixel-to-pixel (the Publisher way) sounds right to me for a document where you have sized it by pixels.

[crwinchester]

Thank you for your reply @GarryP.

I believe you have described what the biggest interoperability issue is that I'm facing: size of the document, versus dpi of the document. InDesign does not have a dpi for the host document. Only the images placed in the document do. Based on what you've said, Publisher has a size for the host document as well as the resolution which throws everything off. Though the items place "correctly" they do not place as they are intended. That is what my issue is. I don't think that having a dpi setting for the host document is relevant for the purpose of composition. Perhaps this works well for some workflows, but I think largely this will not work very well for me. Unless there is a way for Publisher to function on vectors instead?

[GarryP]

It might help us to come up with a solution – if there is one – if you can explain a bit more about your current workflow.

• What sort of document(s) are you creating?
• How many variants of the same document(s) do you need?
• How often are you creating them?
• How many images are you placing in each?
• What are you doing to the images?
• How should the images look?
• How are any images different to each other – size/orientation/etc. – or how are they the same?

If we can get a better idea of what you are trying to do, overall, then we might be able to help further.

Also, can you explain more about what you mean by “Unless there is a way for Publisher to function on vectors instead?”.