image scaling question in InDesign 5 and or 6

[dabob]

I have a customer who is constantly sending me in files with a large image (97 inches x 103 inches) scaled to 3% . . . are there any recommendations for the maximum reduction from adobe that anyone know about - I try to educate this customer but they just don't listen . . . if I can show them a recommendation from adobe it might help . . .

 

[Stephen Marsh]

I would imagine that image quality would educate them more so than a recommendation from Adobe, however I could be wrong (who cares about image quality today anyway?)...

Copy the images, resample them down to the appropriate physical size and resolution and give them an appropriate sharpen... or let a script do most of the heavy lifting for you:

Prepression: Adobe InDesign
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=1509025
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1612518


Stephen Marsh

 

[Al Ferrari]

Shame on you Stephen. Test your links before posting them. The two Adobe links result in "page not available."

Al

 

[Lukas Engqvist]

The effective PPI is what matters.

 

[dabob]

Lukas . .. the effective ppi . . . ah yes see the screen shot . . . the problem was I kept getting out of memory problems when I tried to print it from both CS5 and CS6 . . . I have 13 gigs of RAM . . .

 

[Stephen Marsh]

Shame on you Stephen. Test your links before posting them. The two Adobe links result in "page not available."

Al

Hanging my head in shame...

I have attached the scripts from my archive, as they no longer appear to be at the Adobe Exchange.

A new link found at the Adobe Exchange (I have checked this one!):

http://www.kasyan.ho.com.ua/resize.html

Adobe Exchange downloads require one to be logged in via an Adobe ID account:

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=dl&extid=1730526


P.S. Work on duplicated files when using unfamiliar scripts as they may overwrite original files!


Stephen Marsh

 

[Al Ferrari]

OK, you are redeemed.

al