Image Frames & Linked Images
Image frames are created in several ways: when we place an image either freely on a spread or into an awaiting “unassigned” frame, or when we simply paste an image in InDesign, embedding it.
Linking vs. Embedding
An InDesign best practice is to keep image documents separate from our layout document. In so doing, the images (we think) we see on our layouts do not bloat the InDesign document’s file size or compromise its performance. This also allows us to more easily edit those graphics files and see those edits in InDesign.
Embedding gives us the one small advantage of having most of our assets in one document, making it more portable. A small document with few images may work fine this way, but we usually create ...
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