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Linked image

Meaning in graphic design, with examples

nounCommon term

In graphic design, linked image means: An image placed in a document while its source remains in an external file.

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How it is used

Use when discussing dependencies that must accompany a handed-over layout.

Example sentences

  1. The linked image disappeared after its source folder was moved.

    The document depends on locating an external image file.

  2. Updating the linked image replaced the old photograph throughout the layout.

    A source change can refresh the document's placed representation.

Common collocations

  • update a linked image
  • missing linked image
  • packageTo collect a layout file together with all its linked images and fonts into one folder, so another designer or printer can open and print it without missing files.
  • source filesThe original, editable working files of a design, such as AI, PSD, INDD or Figma files, as opposed to final exported files like PDFs or PNGs.

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