images are getting pixelated when scaling down

[nandinig78960812]

I am just simply scaling down the image but it's getting very pixelated. I have tried resampling options but none working.

[davescm]

Can you show a screenshot of your Image size dialogue just before you hit OK to resize.

Dave

[nandinig78960812]

done!

[Tom Winkelmann]

What do you exactly mean when you write "pixelated"?

At which zoom level you are looking at your image after the scaling? 100% (STRG+ALT+0)

[nandinig78960812]

100% zoom level

[federico platon]

OK, the original im,age is 20Megapixel , what is the size/scale you are going down?

The smaller you make the image the bigger each pixel will be, I suppose you see the same effect with any other picture doing the same procedure?

[davescm]

I'm puzzled. With those numbers you show in your screenshot - there is no resizing (it even states "Original Size" )so there should be no alteration of the image let alone pixellation
Is that immediately before you press OK?

Dave

[Bojan Živković]

I am watching your screenshot and one thing is obvious: you do not have maintain aspect ratio turned on. Click on chain icon on the left side of Width and Height in the first place then try again.

[Roger31039802dfe1]

I have this same problem and I have made sure to have the "maintain aspect ratio" turned on, made sure to try all the resampling options, turned the image to 300 dpi, among other suggestions I've seen online. 

I literally have lost hope on this problem and cannot find a solution. This never used to happen when I would scale images down in photoshop, but now it happens all the time. I don't get it and I give up on adobe.

[D Fosse]

Resize from what pixel size to what pixel size?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

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

[Huzefa Pithawala]

Drag and drop the image to photoshop without creating any new document.

Then unlock it and convert to smart object.

Then drag and drop it in your editing document.

It won't pixelate.

[D Fosse]

An image doesn't "pixelate" in Photoshop unless it's scaled down to the point where you actually see the individual pixels the image is made of. That has nothing to do with Photoshop, it's simply the size of the final image.

Zooming in beyond 100% - one image pixel to one physical screen pixel - will obviously show pixels and thus "pixelate".

If a larger image, zoomed out below 100%, breaks up into pixels on screen, it's a GPU problem and a buggy GPU driver.

[davescm]

There is a lot of misinformation about smart objects. A smart object is just a container that presents its contents at whatever is the current pixel size of the main document.

It does mean that if the main document is scaled down and later scaled up again, the detail inside the smart object is not lost. However, a smart object cannot present its contents using more pixels than the main document. So if the main document is viewed so that it's pixels are visible, then the pixels presented by the smart object layer will also be visible.

@Roger31039802dfe1 rather than 'giving up', why not supply the information requested and we may be able to help you.

Dave

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Adobe and Photoshop are not monopolies so there are alternatives to those services and programs available but in which context would it be an option to »give up on Adobe« over an issue like this? 

[NB, colourmanagement]

@nandinig78960812 are you viewing at 100%

I hope this helps
neil barstow, colourmanagement net - adobe forum volunteer - co-author: 'getting colour right'
google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management

[defaultu750uu6aqk4f]

click image at the top and then image size, then click bicubic sharpner (reduction) and then make sure fit to is auto resolution