We can now use the Place command to place the image of the bird directly in the InDesign document. In the following example, we see that there is a transparency layer behind the bird which has been created in Photoshop and saved as a native PSD file. Importing this transparency image or alpha channel will help the object to blend easily with the rest of the document when you import it into InDesign.Īlways use the Place command instead of simply copy and paste to have more flexibility on your imports. When you work with an image in Photoshop, you might want to include transparency information or isolate the foreground from the background in another layer. Photoshop supports literally almost all the image formats there is but the best choice remains the Photoshop format, also known as PSD. JPEGs are the default and are fine with most cases but if you want to have high quality images, layer, and transparency information, JPEGs are not the ones you should be using. The most important thing to remember when integrating Photoshop with InDesign is the file format that you choose to work with. Images that are able to maintain native resolution no matter the scaling are called vector images which are the kind of images that Illustrator deals with. Most of the images we deal with daily are raster image formats. Photoshop is a bitmap raster image program which means that images can lose or gain resolution with scaling. However, instead of just selecting your image and copy pasting between Photoshop or Illustrator and InDesign, there are some rules to follow. InDesign makes it easy to move between all three of them.
All these programs interact well with each other and you might find yourself constantly juggling between these three programs. Using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator along with InDesign generally completes the creative workflow for most people.
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