Pixelated Text - not common error

[1conormcmillen]

Good day

I have been using this licensed version of photoshop cs5 for several years. This morning my text was pixelated. I have spent several hours searching threads for an error that I could correct, but everything I am seeing does not correlate.

-Aliasing is off - it is set to smooth.

-I reset my PSD preferences.

-I restarted the program.

-I restarted the computer.

-I checked for updates/upgrades.

-I am viewing the image at 60%.

-The text is pixelated in both my working PSD file and my saved file whether it is png or jpeg or psd.

-I have tested paint brushes, shapes and lines and as far as I can tell they are not pixelated.

-I have tried several stock fonts, all are pixelated.

-I'm working with 1180 X 720 pixels and 72 resolutions pixels/inch.

here is a screen shot. It doesn't look terrible but it is definitely not smooth.

here is a jpg of a saved file. same size as above with smaller text in a different font. It looks smoother here but it really isn't. Get close and you can see the jagged edge.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

[Jeff Arola]

I don't think there is anything wrong with your photoshop cs5.

Since your using a retina display and photoshop cs5 is not retina display compatible, meaning cs5 is shown in low resolution, it will always look a little soft in comparison to retina display compatible applications. Adobe added retina display support starting with an update to photoshop cs6.

Besides one should always judge what an image looks like at 100% view, but even then it won't look tack sharp because of the low resolution that cs5 is in.

Have you tried saving as a psd or tif and seeing what that looks like in Preview?

[pavkeee]

Hey guys...I am new to Mac so I really need help with Photoshop....URGENT.

What is happening...I am a graphic and web designer for one company. I mostly use Illustrator for graphic work,  but when it comes to web I use Photoshop. I am on mac for one week. This is the first time I am creating a web page in Photoshop and I have a big problem with pixelated text.

Here's an .jpg example of text in Photoshop:

This is a 16pt text. I am using MacLCD as text option. When I open this image in Chrome, it shows me it's real size and it is very pixelated. I can't check the real look of my work. Everything is so bad. I also opened this image on Windows PC, and it looks the same...blurry and pixelated.

I have worked on PC until now, and I didn't have any problems with this or with Photoshop in past.

PLEASE HELP...

I am using MacbookPro 15" 2017, High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G65)
I am connected with LG 27" 4K screen with USB-C
I am using PhotoshopCC 2018

Now...even when I disconnect my screen, everything is the same. So the problem is not scaling to bigger screen.
Also, I don't have any issue with Illustrator CC 2018. Everything is perfect with it. It's just Photoshop.

[Test Screen Name]

To start with never use JPEG for text. It’s only for photographs- that’s what the P stands for. Use PNG. Also if you have a retina screen be sure you understand how and why most apps (but not Photoshop) will double the size.