Click Slim all images in document to optimise images to an Effective PPI (pixels per inch) of 350. Images of a lower resolution won't be affected.
350 ppi allows for optimum print quality up to a line screen value of 175 lines per inch. Although a lower resolution of 300ppi is suitable for most high quality print output up to 150 lines per inch this higher quality resolution will ensure this higher line screen value is also supported.
For slimage of selected images you can use the Slim selected images tool instead.
In InDesign you can elect to view an additional column in the Links panel to check the Effective PPI of images within the document:
To add the column choose InDesign Window menu > Links > Panel Options from the panel menu:
Select the chosen images first with InDesign’s Selection Tool (V) and then click Slim selected images in document to optimise the chosen images to an Effective PPI (pixels per inch) of 350. Images of a lower resolution won't be affected.
350 ppi allows for optimum print quality up to a line screen value of 175 lines per inch. Although a lower resolution of 300ppi is suitable for most high quality print output up to 150 lines per inch this higher quality resolution will ensure this higher line screen value is also supported.
For slimage of all images in the document you can use the Slim all images in document tool instead.
In InDesign you can elect to view an additional column in the Links panel to check the Effective PPI of images within the document:
To add the column choose InDesign Window menu > Links > Panel Options from the panel menu:
Click Swap all images back to originals to exchange the slimmed versions of images in an InDesign document, created by the Slim selected images or Slim all images in document tool, back to the original, non-optimised images.
The scaling and placement of the images is retained. You can check the Links panel to verify that the images have been swapped.
In InDesign you can elect to view an additional column in the Links panel to check the Effective PPI of images within the document:
To add the column choose InDesign Window menu > Links > Panel Options from the panel menu:
Click Swap all images back to existing slims to replace the originals images in an InDesign document with previously created optimised copies of those images.
The scaling and placement of the images is retained. You can check the Links panel to verify that the images have been swapped.
In InDesign you can elect to view an additional column in the Links panel to check the Effective PPI of images within the document:
To add the column choose InDesign Window menu > Links > Panel Options from the panel menu:
If you need to revert an optimised image(s) to the original version, first select in the document with InDesign’s Selection Tool (V) and then choose click Swap selected images.
The scaling and placement of the image is retained. You can check the Links panel to verify that the images have been swapped.
In InDesign you can elect to view an additional column in the Links panel to check the Effective PPI of images within the document:
To add the column choose InDesign Window menu > Links > Panel Options from the panel menu:
