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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

      I hope you can see what I see in this video. I recorded the save to a jpeg screen.

      CirceD
      CirceDAuthor
      Participant
      November 28, 2023

      @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!

       


      I see that at 100%.  Thank you for all your help.

        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
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        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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