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Photoshop wizards, I need your help! I'm trying to transition from Photoshop CS6 to CC2017 and encountering a make-or-break issue. I fought with this for a few hours yesterday and I'm stumped as to what to try next.
Checking the box labeled 'Use Graphic Processor' under Preferences -> Performance made this issue much better for me.
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There is only one zoom level in Photoshop that will accurately render your image. That is 100%. At that level the image renders 1 image pixel per screen pixel.
At 66.7% then the pixels have to be merged as 9 image pixels are squeezed into 4 screen pixels.
At 50% or less it gets worse as from that point down a cached 8 bit preview is used to speed up rendering. For most normal use this makes little difference but for detailed checking it does.
Always check blending/sharpening/detail etc at 100% zoom
Dave
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I understand that, but how CC 2017 is displaying these zoom levels is drastically poor compared to when I open the copy of CS6 I've been using up until now on the same PC, with the same files. A newer version of a program should not be doing a worse job at a basic function than it's predecessor.
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Hi
That is strange - I've not seen any difference in zooming between the versions. I have both CC2017 and CS6 here - are you able to put a link to an image (or just crop and save part of an image with the issue) and I will try it here. That way we will know is it a general issue , an issue with your file - or something on your system only
Dave
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I've updated the link to the photo in my original post to include a comparison to CS6, and you can download the PSD file itself here: Dropbox - Noah test copy.psd
Though the issue seems to be present in all JPGs and PSDs I open on my computer that were not freshly created as a new file within that session of Photoshop CC. So I'm thinking it's not likely to be a file issue.
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Hi
These are CC2017.1.1
100% zoom
66.7%
50%
33%
They are not showing that aliasing issue. Can you try turning off your GPU temporarily in preferences and see what it looks like. You will need to restart Photoshop
Dave
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Checking the box labeled 'Use Graphic Processor' under Preferences -> Performance made this issue much better for me.