InDesign treating the image as two different parts Click once to make sure you’re back in the InDesign program and not in your Finder window, then you have the same options as before – click once to place it at original size, or click and drag to draw your own frame. The third way – my personal favorite – is you can have a finder window open nearby and literally drag + drop your image file right onto your InDesign art board. From there you can either click once to place the photo at it’s original size, which could be huge (if your original file size of your image/photo is pretty big) or you can click and drag to draw your own frame and the photo will fit nicely inside. The second way is the same steps, but a little backwards – start with File > Place or Cmd/Ctrl + D to open your finder window and select the photo you want to use. Hang tight, we’ll adjust the size + cropping in a minute. Voila – it places the photo into the frame you drew. Go to File > Place, or use the shortcut Cmd/Ctrl + D to open your finder window and select the photo you want to use. Draw your frame, don’t worry you can resize it later if you need to.

The first way is to start with the rectangle frame tool, click it in the left toolbar, or use the shortcut, the letter F.

Three ways to add a photo or image to InDesign

How to crop in indesign