Layer Styles all look wrong

[puppetoffate]

I recently reinstalled Windows and then installed multiple Adobe programs to get back on track for my second job but all of my layer styles look wrong. I exported them to a friend's PC and they look fine on his but on mine, it looks like the scaling or zoom is incorrect, even though scaling for layers is set at 100%, same as my friend's. Its affecting all Adobe products and I have no idea what the cause is. I even tried finding a free style and see what happens, the screenshot below is the result.

https://imgur.com/a/66zIwxF

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Pleas post screenshots (including the pertinent Panels and Dialog Windows) on this Forum directly:

[puppetoffate]

Like this? These are supposed to be the same layer style too.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Please post meaningful screenshots including all pertinent Panels (Layers, Options, …) and Dialog Windows (Layer Style).

Also they should be of comparable images, the different backgrounds make assessing the shadow effects pointless and we can’t tell whether the two (Type) Layers are the same color or whether that’s irrelevant because the Style contains a normal Color Overlay anyway etc. …

[puppetoffate]

[puppetoffate]

[puppetoffate]

I uploaded all the pictures. I also confirmed that all the settings were the same in both the correct and non-correct one. It does this with any layer style I try to use but this is the main example here.

[Bojan Živković]

Let me guess what is a problem. You probably need to right click on Effects below type layer and to choose Scale Effects then to scale down (or up). Another way which may help to fix the problem is to increase text size. I am just guessing what can help you because you have mentioned scaling problem.

Layer style is probably created with some type size (like 300pt) and you are applying a style to different type size. Creator of styles should provide that information somewhere in help files (if provided)

[puppetoffate]

No, that didn't work either. The original and correct one is set to 100% and the incorrect one is set to 100% as well. Changing that only makes it more yellow.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I uploaded all the pictures.

I appreciate that you have made an honest effort but why would you clip the screenshots so as to make it impossible to even see if the images are CMYK or RGB or …?

[puppetoffate]

They are RGB (and I believe 8bit).

[Bojan Živković]

I just re-read your posts. Your problem is probably in type size and resolution. It is not the same to set resolution to 72 and type size to 72 versus resolution 300 and type size to 72.

If you can not find any info in help files then start with document 300 resolution and type size 72. If that looks wrong increase/decrease type size or use Scale Effects as already mentioned.

[puppetoffate]

Would you be able to nudge me in the direction as to where these settings are? I cannot seem to find them.

[Bojan Živković]

You can change the resolution of the document is in Image > Image Size.  Type size you can set from Options bar, for example. Click on Type layer (layer with text) to select it then look below menus. On the right side of TT you will see some number followed with pt, that's type size. Select and retype number or use the drop-down list to choose some of the pre-defined sizes.

[puppetoffate]

Are you referring to this number?

[davescm]

Your first screenshot shows you are in 32 bit  mode. Switch to 8 or 16 bit and re-apply the style. Not all blend modes are available in 32 bit image mode  and several have been switched to a substitute - which of course looks very different.

Dave

[puppetoffate]

That was the final piece of the puzzle. All of my layer styles are 8-bit at 72 DPI. When I put both of those settings in, boom they start to work.

[Derek Cross]

Please note, the correct term for the resolution of images is PPI (pixels per inch) not DPI, which is dots per inch, a term used in printing.

[puppetoffate]

Oops, my apologies. I was working on a different ticket for work at the same time that involved printing.

[amrutt41481355]

Change colour depth to 16 bits it'll work