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Curved edges become straight on export

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May 5, 2025
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I'm at my wit's end you guys. I need help. Every time I export this file to a PNG, the nice, fun, curved edges become straight edged and I have no idea why. And it's not just when exporting. If I were to rasterize or make into smart object this happens. If I do save as instead of export this happens. I've been to Reddit and several forums online and I can't find an answer that works. Someone just please save me lol

Correct answer Trevor.Dennis

It would help if we knew exactly what we are looking at.

It looks like you have several things going on there with the Free Transform > Warp, and the heavy stroke.

What order was that done in?
Did you use Smart Objects and nest them as you added effects?

Photoshop can certainly get things wrong when it processes a number of effects in the wrong order. You can usually overcome this by rasterizing, adding a copy merged layer, or making the finished object a new Smart Object.

I tried to get Photoshop to duplicate your issue, but was unable to.

It might make a difference that you are exporting to PNG, and I assume with transparency.

All I can tell you is my rough workflow, (if I remember)

OK, not as copmplex as I was thinking. Made the Type layer and crowded the text leading and line spacing.

Made it a Smart Object because Type layer warp better as SOs

Added the big Stroke on the outside.

Is that more or less what you did?

Trevor.Dennis

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It would help if we knew exactly what we are looking at.

It looks like you have several things going on there with the Free Transform > Warp, and the heavy stroke.

What order was that done in?
Did you use Smart Objects and nest them as you added effects?

Photoshop can certainly get things wrong when it processes a number of effects in the wrong order. You can usually overcome this by rasterizing, adding a copy merged layer, or making the finished object a new Smart Object.

I tried to get Photoshop to duplicate your issue, but was unable to.

It might make a difference that you are exporting to PNG, and I assume with transparency.

All I can tell you is my rough workflow, (if I remember)

OK, not as copmplex as I was thinking. Made the Type layer and crowded the text leading and line spacing.

Made it a Smart Object because Type layer warp better as SOs

Added the big Stroke on the outside.

Is that more or less what you did?

Trevor.Dennis

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Above screen shot is from Photoshop.

Below is the exported PNG opened in Chrome.

I think they are the same.

nateaufieAuthor

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Thanks for your reply! I'm at work now so I can't make any changes and try some things until later today. But if I remember correctly this is what I did: First I typed it out all in one type box, then I actually rasterized it, and then I warped it, and then I actually used drop shadow instead of stroke. Thanks!

kglad

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what app?

nateaufieAuthor

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Oh shoot, I'm so stupid for leaving that out lol.

photoshop

kglad

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