Adobe InDesign
CS2—Revealed
PLACING AND LINKING
GRAPHICS
OVERVIEW
Chapter Objectives
Use the Links palette
Place vector graphics
Place bitmap graphics
Use libraries
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LESSON 1
Use the Links palette
Understanding preview files
– low resolution versions of graphics
– act as a proxy for actual content
– store a link to content
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LESSON 1
Use the Links palette
The Links palette
allows you to manage
links placed to
graphics
Page numbers
of links
Placed graphics listed
in Links palette
Relink
button
Update Link
button
Go To
Link button
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LESSON 1
Use the Links palette
The Links palette lets
you know which files
are missing, modified
or up to date
Linked File is
Modified icon
Linked File is
Missing icon
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LESSON 1
Use the Links palette
Use the Link
Information dialog
box to review
information about a
link
– double-click link in
Links palette
File Type
Location of file
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LESSON 2
Place Vector Graphics
Understanding the difference between
bitmap and vector graphics
– bitmaps: Use a rectangular grid of
colored squares called pixels.
– vectors: Comprised of anchor points
and line segments, which form paths.
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LESSON 2
Place Vector Graphics
You can resize a vector graphic in
InDesign without losing image quality
– resizing bitmaps results in loss of
quality
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LESSON 2
Place Vector Graphics
Vector graphic placed in InDesign
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LESSON 2
Place Vector Graphics
There are three performance display
settings for placed images
High Quality
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Typical
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Fast
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LESSON 3
Place Bitmap Graphics
The number of pixels per inch in a bitmap
graphic determines the image’s resolution
When you place a bitmap graphic into
InDesign, you should not resize it
– bitmap graphics lose quality when
enlarged
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LESSON 3
Place Bitmap Graphics
Example of pixels being resized
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LESSON 3
Place Bitmap Graphics
Clipping paths
– allow you to
remove the white
background of a
placed bitmap
– use the Detect
Edges function in
the Clipping Path
dialog box
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Type of clipping path is Detect
Edges
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LESSON 3
Place Bitmap Graphics
Threshold setting
– determines pixel
values that will be
made transparent
Tolerance setting
– determines how
smooth the edge
of the image will
be once pixels are
transparent
Threshold setting
Tolerance setting
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LESSON 3
Place Bitmap Graphics
Bitmap placed in InDesign with
white background
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Bitmap placed in InDesign with
clipping path applied
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LESSON 3
Place Bitmap Graphics
A silhouette is a selection made in
Photoshop
– can be placed in InDesign
Alpha channels are silhouettes saved
with names
– can be placed in InDesign
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LESSON 3
Place Bitmap Graphics
Alpha channels
– rendered in terms of black and white
– white areas represent selected pixels
– black areas represent unselected pixels
Load alpha channels that are saved with a
Photoshop document
– use Clipping Path command to load
alpha channel
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LESSON 4
Use Libraries
Libraries are InDesign files
– click File on the menu bar, point to
New, then click Library
– appear as a palette in document
window
– not saved with one particular document
Libraries are used to store graphics
– drag graphics from library to InDesign
documents
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LESSON 4
Use Libraries
Libraries can store text, vectors, bitmaps
and InDesign objects, such as frames
New commands in CS2 for adding items to
library
– Add Items on Page
– Add Items on Page as Separate
Objects
• menu items found on Library palette list arrow
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LESSON 4
Use Libraries
Example of library
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