biscuit Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Hi, I don't know what the mac behaviour is, so I'm not sure if it's a bug or feature request: When placing an image AD uses the DPI of the image and not of the AD document. So images are usually placed at 72 dpi in 300 DPI documents. -Using hi-res images this is annoying because the placed object extends far beyond the canvas. Requiring to zoom out to resize and put the image into place. -If setting up your document for printing, placing images at print DPI honours the document intention and requires the user to willingly override those standards when using an image at lower DPI. Therefore using document DPI would seem desirable behaviour, but maybe I'm missing something. (Another option could be images fitting to the canvas when placed. This is helpful for the first point and less dependant on paper size, but ignores quality control.) InogSecy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 For images that either really do have a low DPI in the header or for those that do not have a DPI entered, you can always click and drag out the image. It allows one to make sure the image doesn't extend beyond the page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biscuit Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Hi MikeW, I really don't understand what you're saying. My problem is images with a lot of pixels (hi-res) being placed at low dpi (72) and therefore being much larger than the document canvas. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 If you click and hold when importing, you can drag out the image to any size and when the mouse button is released, that is the image's size on the canvas. At least in Windows that's how it works. If during import I just click on the page or off-page, the image is sized based upon the pixel dimensions of the image. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biscuit Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Ah, I understand, thank you. Usually I drag items from windows explorer into AD. But the dedicated place images tool does have its advantages, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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