Photos appear odd and grainy in Photoshop Elements 11

[bobbier67806741]

A couple of weeks ago my photos began to appear strange in my Elements 11. They look the same way they did on my husband's laptop, which is why I do not use it to edit my photos. As if maybe the gradient blending is not fine enough, the images look grainy. I have a 64 bit operating system, have been using this program for a long time, I can't figure this out. I have to add, the area the images look odd is the shadows, no blending, grainy.

[Akash Sharma]

Hi there,

Sorry to hear that images are looking grainy in Photoshop Elements 11. Would you mind checking out the steps mentioned in this discussion  https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/grainy_blurry_pictures and let us know if that helps?

Thanks,

Akash

[bobbier67806741]

I am sorry Akash, I don't think I understand how to do what they suggested, y going to the zoom tool & set at 100% to get real view. I have Elements 11, is it different than 12 in this way? 

This is a screenshot of my tool at the bottom left, is this the tool they meant to adjust? I clicked the first one, the 1:1.

[bobbier67806741]

Actually you can see the grainy look under the bird's wing.

[Akash Sharma]

Are you seeing this behavior with every image you work on? What type of display monitor are you using and what is the DPI set to? 

~Akash