Smart Object Pixelation Issues

[bfcreativenyc1]

Hi,

Why is it that some logos I bring into Photoshop as smart objects look fine while others look pixelated? Is there anything I can do to improve that?

Thanks!

[bfcreativenyc1]

Bicubic Automatic.

[JJMack]

Bicubic Automatic I believe uses Bicubid Sharper when its down sizing.  IMO the does not work well when what is being resized is very sharp and crisp to begin with. Sharpening artifacts set in.

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[interactivemartin]

For me as well.

I created a group of objects, all vector, and with some type. All vector and scalable to whatever size without problems inside the group. But, if I turn it into an smart object, everything gets pixelated like if it was raster... pretty weird, And my "antialias" box is disabled, and greyed out.

Can someone post a fix for this? This didn't happen before... I am using latest version of CC

[c.pfaffenbichler]

But, if I turn it into an smart object, everything gets pixelated like if it was raster... pretty weird

No.

You do not seem to understand what a Smart Object created in Photoshop is, it is a psb, so a vector Smart Object in the Smart Object is expressed as pixels in the containing document.

[interactivemartin]

Ok.
Understood. It's a shame though, I think.

[peterw42236676]

Hi Chris Cox,

I feel like I never heard the answer to khemist000 re " ...This seems like it would fix the same issue that Im having as the original poster, HOWEVER, my Anti-Alias checkbox is greyed out and cannot be clicked. Am I missing a step?" I'm having the same problem Why is the anti-alias box greyed out?

[Apple Jay5FAE]

Hi, do you know how i can turn on anti-aliasing while on Free Transform? 

[Pete5FE9]

Hello, I knwo this is an old discussion, so I'm hoping someone will still see this and help out. PS updated just last night, and this is my first project since. I'm running 25.9.0. I opened a blank white canvas and placed an embedded smart object, a png file that I've used many times in other projects. It appears heavily pixelated regardless of how I do or do not resize it. When I place it and enter transform, the anti-alias box is greyed out. When I enter the settings, I've changed it from bicubic automatic and tried the other image interpolation settings. When I click to edit contents of the smart object, the edges look perfectly smooth as they always have. This is the first time I've encountered this with the same png I've placed as a smart object dozens of times, like I said. Why is it suddenly doing this? You can see the difference in the two screenshots and I can't make sense of why this would be occurring. TIA