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Transferring images from Photoshop to Indesign
Hi, I am trying to get an image in indesign without a background. I deleted the background in photoshop, but when I drag it to indesign a background of a different color appears (black).
The first time I did it, it was a tiff and it worked, but then I had to fix it and redrag it over to indesign and it does not work anymore. I have tried saving it as a tiff, jpg, and psd. I can’t help but think there is some weird setting I have set on indesign that is making this background appear. I also have tried using a clipping path, but when i try to find edges, it just finds the edges of the rectangle around the whole image, including the background. If someone could please please help, it would be greatly appreciated.
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2 Replies
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The PSD should work if you have a transparent background. Did you try a PNG?
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G’day
psd is definitely the way to go if you want a transparent background. if the background is transparent when you view it in photoshop, but has a black background in indesign — then your problem is almost certainly that the indesign frame itself has a black fill. set the fill to [none].
also — are you dragging from photoshop directly into indesign? i’ve never heard any good reason to do this. you should use file > place to import images as links in indesign — otherwise your file sizes will become horrendous.
hope that helps.
d.
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