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Poor quality of layers in a PS image
Nov 16, 2022 19:48:21   #
LiamRowan Loc: Michigan
 
I created a new document in PS, sized 8x12 inches. I added a text box in that document, but the lettering looks poor, almost pixelated. I put the same words in a Word document and took a screenshot of the two side-by-side for comparison.

The same degraded quality affects an image I dragged into the same document. See 2nd photo. The original is a 5mb jpeg. It should not look so degraded at this size.

What am I doing that is impairing the quality of the typed text and imported image?

Thanks for guidance.


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Nov 16, 2022 20:08:43   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
Text... You maybe using a face type that is not scalable.
Image, check if you are using JPG high compression,

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Nov 16, 2022 22:38:41   #
LiamRowan Loc: Michigan
 
LiamRowan wrote:
I created a new document in PS, sized 8x12 inches. I added a text box in that document, but the lettering looks poor, almost pixelated. I put the same words in a Word document and took a screenshot of the two side-by-side for comparison.

The same degraded quality affects an image I dragged into the same document. See 2nd photo. The original is a 5mb jpeg. It should not look so degraded at this size.

What am I doing that is impairing the quality of the typed text and imported image?

Thanks for guidance.
I created a new document in PS, sized 8x12 inches.... (show quote)


Dang, I am out to lunch tonight. When I created the new document I forgot to check the pixels per inch setting, so it defaulted to 72. When I started over and selected 300 pixels per inch both the lettering and image of the deer looked perfect.

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Nov 16, 2022 22:40:24   #
LiamRowan Loc: Michigan
 
Rongnongno wrote:
Text... You maybe using a face type that is not scalable.
Image, check if you are using JPG high compression,


As soon as I read your response, it dawned on me that I had used the wrong pixels per inch setting when creating the new document. Thanks for jarring my brain awake!!

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