Simple CS3 question, viewing at 33% looks "choppy"

[RandallPMcMurphy]

How come when I look at photos in photoshop at say 33% size, it looks horrible. I'm used to editing in iPhoto, where even in fit to screen it looks good.

Is this a setting or just something I have to deal with?

thanks!

CS3 on a Mac

[pathfinder]

This is an artifact of how the data is displayed on your monitor, and has nothing to do with how the image will look in print.

Even ratios, 100%, 50% or even 200% will look much sharper and smoother than images displayed at 33% or 66% or 133% on your video monitor. Even iPhoto images look better at some sizes than others on my Mac.

[RandallPMcMurphy]

i understand that, but even viewing and editing things at fit-to-screen size is just distracting to me. in iPhoto and even LIghtroom i think....it looks fine as if I really resized it.

[RandallPMcMurphy]

oh yeah, and its only on like 33%...not 25 or 50% or 75%

just curious if this is something I have to live with.

[pyrtek]

Even ratios, 100%, 50% or even 200% will look much sharper and smoother

Evenness is not the criterion, as 12.5% and 25% will look good, too.

[pyrtek]

just curious if this is something I have to live with.

It is.

[RandallPMcMurphy]

correct seems fine at 12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200 stinks that iPhoto can do this fine while editing but PS can't :scratch

[pathfinder]

Evenness is not the criterion, as 12.5% and 25% will look good, too.


Even ratios:thumb , I just did not list them all.

And yes, we all have to live with it ( so to speak ). I just have not felt it was that big an issue personally.

[Nikolai]

power of two, baby!:deal :thumb

[BinaryFx]

And yes, we all have to live with it ( so to speak ).

Until CS4 is released!

I presume that the zoom/scroll effect mentioned in the original post that is found on OS X in Apple Preview and iPhoto is what the new CS4 will be doing.

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Photoshop CS4 takes advantage of the latest graphics processing unit (GPU) hardware to deliver superior performance. The software offers a smooth pan and zoom experience that allows users to easily edit images at the highest magnification while maintaining clarity.

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200809/092308AdobeCS4PS.html

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Open GL performance - Photoshop CS4 can now take advantage of OpenGL video processing, so long as you are using a video card that is OpenGL enabled. When this preference is switched on, zooming and scrolling images becomes a lot smoother and there are also several other little tricks that you can do when OpenGL is switched on.

http://photoshopnews.com/feature-stories/whats-new-in-cs4-by-martin-evening/

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Smooth pixel rendering at any zoom level (via new OpenGL support).
http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/09/cs4_sweating_the_details.html

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Regards,

Stephen Marsh

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http://prepression.blogspot.com/