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  1. Unwanted dark lines generated around PNG files on export

    Adobe Indesign 2021
    When I export designs using an imported PNG graphic, the finished PDF shows an unwanted dark line around the crop area of the PDF.
    This doesn't seem to happen with jpegs or ai files.

    3 votes

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  2. JPG/PNG export zero byte files

    I can't export JPGs oder PNGs anymore.

    Indesign version 16.0.1
    MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 (19H114)

    I always get 0 byte files when I try to export on a shared network drive. Exporting to the local hard disk works fine.

    2 votes

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  3. JPG/PNG export zero byte files

    I can't export JPGs oder PNGs anymore. I always get 0 byte files when I try to export on a shared network drive. Exporting to the local hard disk works fine.

    2 votes

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  4. JPG/PNG export zero byte files

    I can't export JPGs oder PNGs anymore. I always get 0 byte files when I try to export on a shared network drive. Exporting to the local hard disk works fine.

    2 votes

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  5. Photoshop and Indesign pixel will not be the same

    Spesso per delle testate online devo esportare dei JPG con pixel e risoluzione definita (ex. 336x576px e 72dpi). Rispettando tutti i parametri le grafiche vengono pixelate, devo fare più passaggi per poter inviare un file accettabile (esportarlo in .EPS portarlo su Photoshop e esportarlo per il web, oppure altri trucchetti) e sembra non esserci soluzione attualmente.
    Questa è stata la "non risposta" di Adobe:
    "Because a pixel has no physical size, and InDesign measures raster images in their physical length, not pixels.
    In InDesign Pixels are a static unit of measurement, and is not related to image resolution—an InDesign page…

    1 vote

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  6. Layered Illustrator File Import

    By activating the layers during import, they are not always displayed in Indesign. This makes it impossible to work with all the files already prepared.
    In the previous version of Indesign everything worked perfectly.

    2 votes

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  7. Export

    When exporting (CC2021, Big Sur) JPG from page to OSX Serve (OSX10.10.5), file size is 0 KB, but when export to desktop file is ok. No matter what JPG settings are. No error message. Other exports (pdf, epub) goes well.

    1 vote

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  8. png keylines export

    When I export designs using an imported PNG graphic, the finished PDF shows an unwanted dark line around the crop area of the PDF.
    This doesn't seem to happen with jpegs or ai files.

    1 vote

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  9. Placed PNG in InDesign, than export as PNG ... unfortunately the placed PNG displays as grey box.

    Placed PNG in InDesign, than exported as PNG ... unfortunately the placed PNG displays as grey box. I tested the same file and exported it as a PDF and as a JPG the placed PNG is visible. Hardware and software is up-to-date.

    6 votes

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  10. Tasks 2nd plan

    Hello, i have tasks in the 2nd plan for a long time (1 week), is activating some fonts. And now I wanted to export to pdf the file but the tasking is on the waiting list to do after the fonts. I want to cancel the fonts activation but I´m not sure how to do it. Can you please support? thank you

    I have inDesing version 16

    1 vote

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  11. Jpeg exported by Indesign have wrong dimensions when combined into PDF in Acrobat

    A company needs to export Indesign documents in jpeg format. The jpeg files produced must be combined into a single PDF file. The problem is that the produced PDF does not maintain the original dimensions of the Indesign file.
    The same files opened and saved again by Photoshop, instead, produce PDFs with correct dimensions when processed by Acrobat.
    Instead of 480.00 x 330.00 mm, the file appears to have the dimensions of 1,999.99x1,374.8 mm.
    It should be noted that by exporting the files in PNG format, the problem does not occur.
    They required to export in JPEG format because they…

    1 vote

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  12. Not naming first jpg when exporting all pages?

    Why indd is not adding number 1, when exporting sequence of jpg files?

    1 vote

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  13. Export jpg

    Hi!
    When I create banners in Indesign 14.0.1 I use hires images as TIF and exporting it to JPG. The final files in JPG end up with corrupt pixels. I have to place a lowres JPG in Indesign to be able to export it as a correct JPG.

    11 votes

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    Under Review  ·  amaarora responded

    Thanks for reporting the issue. We will review it.

    -InDesign Team

  14. Glitchy PNG Export

    Trying to export a PNG at 72dpi (600 x 175px) but it continues to save this way...

    my mac and all apps are up to date.

    thank you in advance for any help!

    3 votes

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  15. Glitchy PNG Export

    Trying to export a PNG at 72dpi (600 x 175px) but it continues to save the ends of the png in a glitch that resembles a TV screen that's broken (cant attach file btw, i keep getting a Paperclip::Errors::NotIdentifiedByImageMagickError)

    my mac and all apps are up to date btw.

    thank you in advance for any help!

    2 votes

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  16. The EPS saved from Indesign will not open It is saying error if opened in Illustator or in Photoshop saying unable to parse postscript

    Adobe CC
    1.Saved file as normal
    2.Export to EPS
    3.To be able to open EPS in Illustrator
    4.Tried open it to Illustrator or Photoshop and detailed as above error or unable
    5. Screenshot of error and Indesign file

    1 vote

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  17. Exporting to PNG file on network drive doesn't work

    There appears to be a bug when exporting PNG files to network mapped drives in Mac OS X 10.13.4 (Darwin) Adobe InDesign 2018 (latest version).

    This is in a domain environment using domain credentials. You export the file as PNG and it doesn't appear in the folder as expected. If I export to desktop it works fine, if I copy it from desktop to the share it copies fine. Just cannot export directly.

    9 votes

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    Hello,
    Can you confirm the InDesign version you are using? Is it 2018.1 or 2018?
    I assume the path to which you are trying to export the PNG is /Volumes/Shares/011 Changed Information/002 Changed Information/00617 Changed Information/Changed/ ?

    Is this drive mounted via SMB?
    Is it a NAS server?

  18. 2 votes

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  19. 1 vote

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  20. beim sRGB jpg export ist Adobe RGB Profil eingebettet

    Beim Export eines sRGB-JPG's aus InDesign 2019 ist in dem Foto dann Adobe RGB-Farbraum eingebettet.
    Die Farben sind eigentlich korrekt (entsprechen dem sRGB-Farbraum), aber es ist eben fälschlicherweise das Adobe RGB-Etikett eingebettet, so dass die Farben dann falsch interpretiert werden.

    1 vote

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