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Why is everything pixelated and blurry in CS6?

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February 3, 2013
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Hi,

A few months ago I installed the trial versions of Adobe Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop on my MacBookPro. After they expired I purchased the standard student edition and used the provided key number to unlock the full versions. However, everything (including the sample fonts list, icons and opening menu) are pixelated and blurry. As a design student, it is incredibly distracting to see font that isn't smooth like it should be on a retina display...

I've updated Indesign to version 8.0.1 but to no avail. What could be wrong and how might I solve this problem?

Thank you,

Cuong

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Tereyn

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I also had problems with blurry or pixelated images that I placed in InDesign CS6 (I have NOT had this problem with text), I checked the effective resolution in my links panel and found it to be acceptable (150 dpi) so I knew this wasn't the problem. The solution I found was to select the image with the selection tool, then in the menu bar (or right click) go to > Object > Display Performance and select High Quality View. You can also do this for text frames but since I don't have blurry text I can't verify that it will work in that case. This will fix the on-screen viewing problems. You'll need to play with export settings to correct any fuzziness on printed or exported images.

Note: I do not have a retina display but do have a MacBook Pro.

BobLevine

Community Expert

This thread is about the effect of retina displays on the entire UI, not the display of images.

Tereyn

Participating Frequently

Why isn't it called that then? I found this thread based on a search to solve a problem as stated in the title. Since the originator has not stated that the software was tested on a non-retina display how can he/she or you be sure the display is the origin of the problem?

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ASD91

Participant

Have you found a fix for this yet? i have just bought the same student pack and its so annoying.

BobLevine

Community Expert

If you have a retina display there is no fix. Retina support was added to

InDesign CC which is available as part of Creative Cloud.

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judypleung

Participant

Hi Bob,

Do you know if there will be a fix? Or would it be a waste of Adobe's time?

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Anonymous

Hi, I'm new to using Cs6 and I was having the same problem with pixalated text. Took me FOREVER to figure out the fix, hope it helps go to Image, Image Size, if resolution is 72 change it to 300.

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devo80

Participant

thanks!!! Case every one here talking about updates and arguing retina and CS7 and in reality it was a pretty simple thing go to IMAGE select SIZE and change resolution from 72 to 300..... really people all of that was necessary? but again thanks CasQ!

John Hawkinson

Inspiring

InDesign doesn't have specialized retina display support.

You might try messing around with your display settings. Best for Retina may not be Best for InDesign.

You're not suggesting that it got blurrier after you paid for it, are you? The trial version is exactly the same.

You should expert Retina support in the next version of InDesign, as it will support Cocoa.

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cngu12Author

Participant

I'm not sure if it was blurry like this before during the trial version. Can any other MacBookPro users confirm if the Indesign menu fonts are supposed to look blurry? For example, the curves in a "O" aren't smooth. They are pixelated and I can see the spots. Is that normal?

BobLevine

Community Expert

The trial, as John pointed out is identical to the license version. If you're on a retina Mac you'll have to wait for CS7 to get retina support.

Bob

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