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

[kn5836689]

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?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

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

[kn5836689]

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]

I go at websites where they also use this ad ratio it's not like 100% view.

Is the ad supposed to be 300px by 250px or not?

If a browser displays the image bigger (maybe in order to compensate the display size for a high resolution display) then that is not Photoshop’s doing.

[kn5836689]

Yes the ad should be 300x250. I think it's not the problem you are saying. What I tried to say was that at 100% view it looks clean, but it's not good.

[Test Screen Name]

Open the document, not drag. Save as PSD with new name. Then use Image > Image size to Resize. There are quality options. Results may not be better but try it.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I think it's not the problem you are saying.

If the image has the intended pixel dimensions and looks OK in Photoshop at View > 100% then the problem is not within Photoshop.

Please post a screenshot of the image as displayed in the browser.

[kn5836689]

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%.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

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.

[kn5836689]

i HAVEN'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU SAID , BUT i DO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT i SEE AT 100% IS WHAT I WILL GET SO THANKS MAN. HAVE DONE 2 OTHER ADS WITH OTHER RATIOS AND WILL MAKE THE 300X250 ALSO ONE TIME AND IF I HAVE TROUBLE I WILL MAKE A POST ABOUT IT. I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS THO.

[kn5836689]

I dont't get it. So I should open the picture of the mug in a photoshop document and then save that as a psd file. Then I should open that psd file as a document...but then I have the picture in a psd file lol. I need it in the 300x250 ad document

[Test Screen Name]

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.