Placed DPI

[evtonic3]

Is there a way to insert linked images that will all have 300 dpi? I've found that my linked images in a Photo doc are all over the place-although the files themselves are not these weird placed DPI resolutions. Little lost here. I think I'm making my files too big and this may be why.

 

[MEB]

That's because you are scaling the placed images. Scaling them down increases the placed dpi, scaling them up reduces the placed dpi. That's expected/by design.

[evtonic3]

so only clicking the image once will retain the dpi as the original? BTW is this mentioned in any guide or tutorial?

[walt.farrell]

I’m not sure if it’s specifically addressed. However, DPI (or PPI) is dots or pixels per inch. If you have an 8 inch by 10 inch image at 300 DPI, wouldn’t you naturally expect that if you compressed the image down to half the size (4 x 5 inch) that you’d end up with 600 DPI instead?

Why is it important to you that it stays 300? The way it works now you’re assured of not losing any data as you work.

(By the way, you have some options for this when exporting to PDF, in the More… dialog.)

[evtonic3]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

Why is it important to you that it stays 300? The way it works now you’re assured of not losing any data as you work.

(By the way, you have some options for this when exporting to PDF, in the More… dialog.)

I work in print for the most part. So 300 is standard is it not?

[walt.farrell]

Just now, evtonic3 said:

I work in print for the most part. So 300 is standard is it not?

It's pretty standard, but that will also depend on the size of the document. Documents with very large dimensions are often printed at lower DPIs.

Are you printing yourself, on a printer attached to your computer? Or are you producing a PDF to send out for professional printing?

If you're sending it out to the professionals, just take care of it during Export.

If you're printing yourself, you could Rasterize the Placed files (make sure they're properly positioned on the pixel grid first). Or you could Export a PDF and handle it during Export, and then print the PDF.

Or just don't worry about it, unless you can see a real problem.