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i had discussed this issue with tim riherd at adobe and according to him they're aware of it and working on it. this was about a month ago. so i guess we'll wait and see.

No trouble.
Feel free to use 500% to make the results obvious.
And of course, I missed some steps (ie, save your PSD somewhere & then File > Generate > Image Assets)
Cheers,
AE

Thanks for adding details so we can try to reproduce what you are seeing.

Chris, our problem is not with the raster files created by Generate. We do not expect these to be SVGs and scale when we use them. The problem is how Generate is making them.

Let me describe a scenario:
1. New PSD, 100x100px
2. Place "Vector-Logo.ai" (Smart Layer) and scale to fill canvas
3. Rename Smart layer to "200% logo-large.png"

Generate is processing this request badly by:
1. Rastering layer "200% logo-large.png"
2. Scaling UP this raster version by 200% (200x200px)
3. Saving PNG (which looks like crud)

What it *should* do:
1. Scale "200% logo-large.png" Smart Object layer by 200% (allowing the contents of the layer to be smoothly rendered using all the information contained within smart object source)
2. Save PNG

I'm going to have another crack at describing the problem, so quickly dismissed previously.

Using Generate to export upscaled web assets (for retina displays) from high resolution Smart Object & Vector based layers does not result in re-rendered outputs created from the high quality sources available. Generate simply rasterises the layer at 100% visible size (ie, as scaled in the PSD) and then blows it up for saving. The results are unusable.

So much so, Adobe should not be promoting greater than 100% outputs as a feature or in demos.

The workaround, of course, is to scale your entire PSD file by 200% and save it with a new file name. Then save layers out at 100% using Generate. All well and good, if you are needing a fixed % upscale for all Generate assets. Still a hassle though.

Generate is (in theory) a nice addition to PS CC. I'm just disappointed to be sold some functionality that clearly isn't ready for commercial use.

Cheers,
Anthony

Environment: Up to date Photoshop CC (via cloud subscription) on PC Windows 7 64bit.
Keywords: Adobe Photoshop CC Generate issues with upscaling layers.

I agree. I can't use this feature if it doesn't scale the smart objects for me. Not a time saver yet.

i'm experiencing the same issue:
regardless of the smart object being a raster or vector file, the generator does not upscale the exported image correctly.

for example:
i'm using a raster file with dimensions 200x200px, convert it to a smart object and resize it to 50x50px. i name the layer "photo.png, 200% photo@2x.png". the expected behaviour would be, that i get "photo.png" in 50x50px and "photo@2x.png" in 100x100px.

so generator needs to go into the smart object and downsize it 50% from the original 200x200px. but it doesn't. it treats the smart object layer like it would a normal rasterized layer and the output is a blurry 200% version.

as mentioned above, the same principle applies to a smart object in vector format. regardless if the vector was created in photoshop or imported from illustrator.

hope this is detailed enough :)

NOT SOLVED, please revisit!

Yes, it is scaling your raster file, as you described. But a PNG file is not a vector file, and cannot be scaled like a vector file.

Then you'll need to provide a lot more detail about your document, or post a sample document we can see.

logo.png is the rasterized output, not the input. It's not that simple.

I suspect it's a bug in the support for asset generation, perhaps use retina-sized PSDs and scale down by 50% as an alternative workaround?