

The width remains the same, but it is much shorter. In this image, I released the Shift key-but continued to hold the Cmd key to scale the image and frame together-which results in a distorted image. I scaled the image down-holding Cmd+Sh to both scale the image and the frame proportionately-effectively increasing the resolution to 1043 PPI (Effective PPI).

In the image below, the original resolution (Actual PPI) was 240 pixels per inch. When a frame is selected, you will see a single value listed for the Effective PPI in both the Links panel and in the Info panel.

Luckily for us, it’s very easy restore the aspect ratio on an image. However, as fallible humans, sometimes we forget. In a perfect world, we always hold the Shift key when resizing images to maintain the aspect ratio. Posted on: January 17th, 2022 Author: barb.binder Category: Adobe InDesign by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor for Creative Cloud Design & Layout Solutions Home / Adobe InDesign / Adobe InDesign: Restoring the Aspect Ratio of an Image Adobe InDesign: Restoring the Aspect Ratio of an Image
