Placed greyscale and bitmap images take the swatch applied to them, as in InDesign (IDML, screen, PDF)

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# Where DesignCraft falls short of InDesign
> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 · **Change:** minor (bounded control click/drag input) · **Target:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6)
> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-16 · **Change:** minor (swatches on placed greyscale and bitmap images) · **Target:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6)
Every known shortfall against InDesign 2026, one entry each, ranked by how much it stops an
InDesign professional from doing real work. This is the work list: agents pick from the top.
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### 19. Placed graphics depth (FF)
- **Missing:** EPS is shown through its preview only (no PostScript interpreter); PSD layer
comps beyond visibility; Edit Original / Edit With; PDF placed as editable vectors (#227, #24);
QuarkXPress import (#73).
QuarkXPress import (#73); applying a swatch to a selected greyscale or bitmap image (Direct
Selection + Swatches). A swatch already on the image (IDML `<Image FillColor>`) colours it on
screen and in PDF and IDML export (#1094).
- **Estimate:** 30–60 h (PostScript interpreter is a large separate project: +80–150 h).
### 20. Performance on large documents (P)