Stop high quality images from pixelating inside InDesign

Learn why your high quality images may look terrible in InDesign and how to fix it. Details below... Patreon:   / michaelbullo   InDesign can create and edit massive documents that contain huge external assets such as Photoshop files. To keep the program as responsive as possible, InDesign may display assets at a lower quality on screen without affecting the output quality. These display settings can be easily overridden which can make for a more comfortable design experience. TIMELINE 0:00 - Intro Demo file contains a high quality raster image and a vector file. So why do these images look so pixelated? 0:54 - Display Performance options These are display only options and will not alter the output of any content. Fast Display: All graphics grey out. Typical Display: Graphics are displayed as a mid-quality, pixelated proxy. High Quality Display: Graphics are displayed at a high quality. 2:31 - Object-Level Display Settings The display quality can be changed on a per image basis. All of these local overrides can be cleared with a single setting. 3:45 - Display Performance in the Preferences The default global Display Performance can be set from here as well as the individual settings for the 3 Display Performance options.