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kn5836689
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April 4, 2018
Question

Picture (which is big in aspect ratio) is really bad quality when opened in photoshop(smaller aspect ratio)

  • April 4, 2018
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So I have this image which is 5312 pixels in width and 2988 pixels in height. I need to create a banner ad in this ratio: 300x250.

So this is what I do:

1) Create a new Photoshop document in this ratio 300x250.

2) Drag the 5312x2988 picture into the Photoshop document. The picture when comes perfectly fitted into the white box, but I can see the quality is wayyyyy lower. I still need it a little bit smaller though.

3) Hold shift and then make it a little bit smaller and then the quality gets even worse.

Can anyone help me out how I should open this picture in this banned ad ratio in perfect quality Should be possible in 2018 right?

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    T
    Test Screen Name
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    April 4, 2018

    Save as a PSD file to protect your original file. Always save PSD for later editing. Never edit JPEG twice!! Of course export JPEG to deliver.

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 4, 2018

    Could you please post a screenshot taken at View > 100% and with the pertinent Panels (Layers, Channels, Options Bar, …) visible?

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    kn5836689Author
    Known Participant
    April 4, 2018

    Does this help? It looks better at 100%, but when I go at websites where they also use this ad ratio it's not like 100% view. So I zoom in till it looks like the ads on the website and it looks not as HD as the original.

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 4, 2018

    hmmm..interesting. So the view at 100% is how it will also look when I post the ad on my desktop browser? I will try it later and then upload the result. I thought I had to zoom in till the ad box with the picture gets evenly big as the ad box on the browsers. Which is around 150%.


    I thought I had to zoom in till the ad box with the picture gets evenly big as the ad box on the browsers. Which is around 150%.

    Again: If the browser upsamples images then Photoshop has no influence on that.

    Maybe you have to address the issue with responsive image content and multiple versions of the image.

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