P: Pattern fill layer scaling feature changes image quality drastically

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Whenever I add a Pattern Fill layer and start scaling it down from 100%, the quality of the image changes drastically. Even 1 % makes a huge difference. I've been on remote assistance with Adobe 3 times now and every time the conclusion is that it must be my graphics card. It is indeed old and I have some problems with it, but I did try the pattern scaling feature on a gaming computer with a decent graphics card and the result is always the same. On 99% the image blurs visibly, while on 101% the change from 100 is not very visible. Let's say I have a pattern swatch I made in 2000x2000 px with 300ppi. I open a 5000x5000px document, apply the pattern and most of the time I don't need to do any scaling. However when I need to put the same pattern on a 1000x1000px canvas, I do need to scale it down quite a bit to get a good result. I took screenshots on the PC with great GPU to demonstrate the issue. 

[Andrew_Sender]

Hi Anna,
Thank you for reporting this.  We understand the quality change and have filed an internal ticket to fix this.

If I am correct, you should be seeing this issue when you set the scaling from 100% -> 99%, 50% -> 49%, or 25% -> 24%.  And you do not see this for anything above 100%, for example 200% -> 199%.  Correct?

Sincerely,
Andrew

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Hello Andrew,

Thank you for the reply!

It is how you described it. Quality changes a lot from 100% to 99%, from 50 to 49 and from 25 to 24. I cannot say it doesn't at all happen from 100% to 101%. It still gets blurrier but not as much as from 100 to 99 for example.

Hope to get this fixed soon. Thank you!

Kind regards,

Anna

[Jeffrey Tranberry]

Fixed in Photoshop 22.0 or later.