Importing images into ID

[Ryan624]

I am completely new to InDesign but I know ill and ps very well. I have a .png file that I am putting into ID and its color looks very dim on screen in comparason to the color in ps or ill. The color settings are completely identical in all three programs. Is there some small detail I am missing. Let me know if you need more information.
Thanks for the help
-ryan

 

[Lessa]

try right clicking the image and setting display performance to high quality.

 

[aalandriel]

I'm guessing you're working with an RGB image. These almost always look dull in Indesign, one work around, is to turn on soft proofing in Indesign, and chose a RGB profile as proofing profile.

 

[Ryan624]

I turned on soft proofing and still got nothing. I printed the same image in ps and id and the id one looks dull even on paper. My color settings are synchronized through bridge(cs2) so what is the deal!? Thanks again for the help.
-ryan

 

[aalandriel]

I'm still guessing it's a CMYK vs. RGB thing. Indesign will output as CMYK, and will desaturate any 'out of gamut' colours. Try converting your image to cmyk in illustrator and/or Photoshop to see if there's still a problem.

 

[Mattblack]

Try this...

Edit > Transparency Blend Space > Document RGB

If your colours look dull, it is probably set to CMYK.

Matthew

 

[Ryan624]

Woot! Thank u sir! That solved the problem.
-ryan