
Your image is now permanently part of your file.Īs easy as this is, you should be aware of two potential disadvantages to embedding your file.

Then right-click on the image in the Links panel and choose Embed Link. The first step is to find the original image and relink it (you’ll have to solve that challenge on your own). An embedded Photoshop file even retains its layers. That way they can’t get lost if you move the image folder or send the document off to a client without a separate file full of graphics. The presence of glaring red question marks in your actual layout (and not just your Links panel) is courtesy of InDesign CS6, but the lost images phenomenon is familiar to users of earlier versions of InDesign as well.Īnne-Marie’s solution is simple: embed your images.

This article addresses the dreaded lost image phenomenon, which occurs when Adobe InDesign can’t find your linked images and lets you know with glaring red question marks.
