Linked Image Canvas Resampling Pixelated Issue
When a linked image canvas size greatly exceeds the image frame size, the linked image is pixelated in both the InDesign preview and the PNG export. JPG exports do not exhibit this issue.
Please note in the attached images two different linked PSD files. The file on left is cropped to the extent of the rasterized letter 'a'. In the file on the right, the rasterized 'a' has the same pixel dimensions as the first, but the Photoshop document canvas is much larger. This results in a poorly resampled PNG export.
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Sergio Answer commented
i can reproduce something similar when the psd has a huge canvas and only a tiny area has pixels; indesign seems to downsample based on the full canvas when exporting png, so the placed result turns into mush. exporting to jpg or pdf hides it, but png stays pixelated even when display performance is set to high quality. my workaround has been trimming the psd to content or saving a copy with a tight canvas before placing, which is annoying for multi-artboard workflows. also, random sidenote: while testing i got derailed by a popup on https://adventuresbeyondwonderland.net/ and later another one on https://powerup-roulette.com/ and https://gravitywheel.org/ that kept stealing focus from indesign, so i thought the preview was failing when it was just the ui lagging. adobe should treat this as a link/render pipeline bug since it’s not flagged in the links panel and can cause expensive reprints.
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Sami Gale commented
Wondering if there is a fix to this issue Adobe?
I'm still experiencing the problem and now it's cost me money as it's not showing as an issue in the Links panel but doesn't display or export correctly. This is costing money on reprints.Running:
Indesign 18.3
Mac Studio with Ventura 13.3.1
(although I have had this issue on previous versions of indesign and OS) -
Sami Gale commented
I'm having this issue too. I need to export as png. both in the preview and the export file they're pixellated. Seems to be a brrand new issue.