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Bad quality text in photoshop
The text in photoshop is really bad quality. Where could I make some setting to better the quality of the text?
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14 Replies
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What’s the resolution for you image? The lower the resolution, the worse your text will be once it’s flattened.
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Seems like what ever I use it’s the same resolution. Normaly it’s at 72 but I set it to 300 and it’s the same resolution pretty much when I zoom in. When I zoom in the text has very sharp edges and looks really bad.
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Yes, any text will look bad if you zoom in too close. You looking at pixels being displayed on the screen. Look at it at 100%, or print it.
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I know this is a really dumb question. It still looks bad at 100. And when I save it as a png 24 or 16 files it looks bad too. What do the pros do? To get high quality designs?
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Here is the thing, unless we are talking headline or large text, typesetting in photoshop is never a good idea. That being said, if document should be at least 300 DPI minimum if you are going to print. if you are set up as 72 DPI, it will always look like garbage.
Now, if you can keep your text vector based (I know you can in Photoshop CS, than your ok, but if you flatten your work to make a jpg or eps, than you stuck.
If you are typing in a size, like under 20 points, it will never be perfect.
Are you doing this for the web or print?
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Thanks for great input! I am doing this for the web. So I should uppen the resolution and write button text in a big document then scale it down in flash. This is the only logical way I know of doing good text. What is your opinion?
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You know I’d also check the anti aliasing under the character palette. Another thing I’d do is check it with another font and see if you get the same results. And as another poster said, make sure you looking at 100%
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Do the text in photoshop and scale it down in flash doesn’t sound like a good idea. The pixel interpolation you will get from flash is going to be unpredictable.
See the text in the ad banners at the sides of this page? Some are bitmaps made in photoshop, others are just plain flash text.
Does your text look like any of them?
Someone already said this, but you must check if your font is ok. Try with a different typography and different font sizes.
It would be easier to figure it out if you upload an example. Good luck, anyway.
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If you are making this for the web, your stuck at 72 dpi, which mean you can not increase the resolution. So you best bet would be to try and see. Look at it at 100% at 72 DPI and that is how it will look on the website.
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Most likely Its the option under text palate looks like (aa)
anti aliasing. Make sure you choose sharp or fine that will clear your text issue. Also work on your web doc at 100% size when you add text that way you know what the final text will look like before you cut your webpage and send it up to the net.
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