How do I make a background transparent in InDesign?

I'm working from InDesgin CS3 on a PC. (an older version, but still might work) After placing the image, select it. The right -click (on a PC) or alt-click (on a mac) to bring up a menu. Select "Effects" from the menu and then go to Transparency. That should bring up a window that lets you alter the opacity of the image. Also, under the "Object" heading at the top-you can go to Effects >Transparency and alter the image from there.

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How do I make a background transparent in InDesign?

In Word I can click on the picture and set the background to transparent. I can't find a similar feature in InDesign. Is it possible to do it in InDesign or do I have to use Photoshop first? I have a few logos I'm inserting into a flyer and there is a white background I would like to...

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InDesign will not let you edit images (thankfully). For parts of the image to be transparent the image file will have to contain transparency (to put it simply).

Now, there are a few options here (you did not provide enough detail).

1. If your logo is in a vector format (ai/pdf/eps) it _might_ contain transparency but it doesn't show up in the low-quality thumbnail/preview in InDesign. To check this, right-click the image and set Display Performance to High Quality. If it's still not transparent, open it up in Illustrator and remove the background there.

2. If your logo is a jpeg, then you possess a low-quality copy of the logo created by amateurs and I recommend you acquire the original. If it's all you have then you should save it as PSD (or TIF with LZW and Transparency) and make the transparency in Photoshop (use a layer mask, or add a clipping path).

Note: If you have transparency in the placed image file, but it doesn't seem transparent in InDesign make sure you have not filled the box with a white fill color in InDesign. It should be set as "none" (the "color" looks like a white box with a red line through it).

Ps: InDesign does have an option to create an automatic clipping path around your image, but this is highly inaccurate and is only recommended for fast mockups. I'm mentioning it just in case someone suggests it.

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In case anyone else out there is wondering, I use Photoshop and InDesign. One way to achieve transparency is to set the Photoshop background on the image as black. Then, Copy the image into InDesign as any other image. Right Click it, go to Effects, select transparency. Type should be set to Screen. Anything black will fade away, leaving you with the image.

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You can use different blending modes... say your image has a white background and you want to drop out the white, just open the Effects Window (not the Effects on the top menu bar, but the window) then from the pulldown, choose the blending mode of Multiply -- or which ever one gives you the effect you were going for.

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