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CirceD
CirceD
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November 28, 2023
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Help understanding change in Drop shadow Appearance

  • November 28, 2023
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I created a noise drop shadow and when I save it as a jpeg or PNG the drop shadow goes soft in appearance. Anyone know why?

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    Correct answer Stephen Marsh

    @CirceD 

     

    The video was recorded at 31% zoom level and NOT at the requested 100% zoom level where 1 image pixel is directly mapped to 1 screen pixel (1:1).

     

    Here is an animation at 100% view, there is no change in appearance!

     

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    Bojan Živković11378569
    Community Expert
    Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 28, 2023

    I compared the original image with the JPEG image saved at maximum quality and imported back into Photoshop. I did not notice any significant difference in the drop shadow at 100% zoom level.

     

      CirceD
      CirceDAuthor
      Participant
      November 28, 2023

      This occurs if I merge the two text layers. I can see that is what Photoshop does when I save to JPG.

      I am looking for a more spread out noise appearance. See attached.

      CirceD
      CirceDAuthor
      Participant
      November 28, 2023

      PSD is before

      JPEG-Options is setting for save

      New year.jpg is the result.

      Thank you

      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 28, 2023

      Could you please post screenshots taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible? 

       

      It seems like this might be the old cache-issue. 

        Bojan Živković11378569
        Community Expert
        Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
        Community Expert
        November 28, 2023

        Can you post before/after or Photoshop versus exported image and export or save settings?

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