So, I am uploading an entry for the Buttons challenge and the image looks soft in the preview. It is sharp in PS and when I look at it with Windows Photo Viewer. What gives?
I've been having the same problem since I upgraded to CS6 a couple weeks ago but I attributed it to personal incompetence, unfamiliarity with some settings, and thought better of asking such a stupid question.
Thanks for that tip. I have a new laptop as well, so that was also an issue. Massive difference viewing images on this thing. They're postage-stamp size now.
I think I have some settings to adjust as well as an overhaul of my workflow. Clearly something I'm doing is off.
Compare Cuttooth's recent winner to a recent shot of mine (well, relatively... since there haven't been many).
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If I zero out the browser view using CNovack's tip, both look relative sharp (though mine is more than a little overcooked), but as I zoom in Cuttooth's remains excellent while mine turns into a blurry, artifact-filled mess. What am I doing wrong?
To the degree to which you use extreme "structure" or "local area contrast" or "clarity" in Nik, Topaz, and even photoshop, you ARE introducing artifacts at the pixel level. So if you take an 800-pixel image like that and enlarge it on the screen to peep, you're not gonna like what you see.
