Type and shapes are coming up rastered.

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rogval
Apr 29, 2008
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I am using Photoshop CS3, and all the sudden now, when I create a shape or Type/text, It is automatically rastered, as it should be vector, and has been until yesterday. I haven’t made any changes, etc., etc., I just know that before when I would type some text and/or make a shape, it would be vector until I chose to rastor it or flatten the image. Now when I click on the "T" tool and choose my font and size, etc., I start typing and the text is very pixelated as would a rastor image.

Is there a setting I might have unknowingly changed, or something else I am all the sudden missing?

Thanks
Roger
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rogval
Apr 29, 2008
Here is a screen shot of what happens. And yes I know…taking a screen shot will rasterize it, but this is what it looks like before I take the screen shot.

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Rob_Keijzer
Apr 29, 2008
Roger,

You’re viewing at 426%. Type is still a vector, but presented in PS as pixel map.

View at 100%. If the type is too small, increase the document’s ppi.

Rob
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rogval
Apr 29, 2008
Thanks Rob…I’ll look into that. It make total sense but I never looked at it from that angle…just automatically assumed it was a software issue.

Thanks
Roger
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kathy_kirkaldie
May 14, 2008
I’m having the same trouble. I installed PS cs on a new computer (windows vista) and now my text appears rasterized as I type it. And when I print text, it is jagged with a pixelated white/grey shadow.

I also get a white outline shadow by black areas when I print photos.

Any ideas?
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Ed_Grenzig
May 14, 2008
When the vector type is shown on the screen it must be temporarily rasterized based on the canvas resolution and the size of the type you created. Screens need raster images. When you zoom your screen to >100% the type is not re-rasterized and it will appear pixelated at large zoom ratios. If you in large the type by transforming it, then it will be re-rasterized based on the new size you selected. This is what makes it scalable. It would not do this if the type was originally a raster image.

Always view your images at 100% zoom if you are looking for the sharpness, quality, etc.

Make sure you canvas size in pixels is large enough so that you end up with 230-300 ppi based on the size you want to print your image at.

Make sure your printer is working fine, does it have a self test?

Ed
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kathy_kirkaldie
May 15, 2008
Thanks, but…

I do understand that the screen will show the text rasterized but it appears so at 100%. Actually, I don’t really care what the text looks like on screen, I care about what it looks like printed. With font size as small as 10 and as big as 45, it prints out jagged.

My canvas size is 300 ppi.

My printer prints out beautiful smooth text from Microsoft Word and other applications. Could it be some problem just between my printer and Photoshop?
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Phosphor
May 15, 2008
Which choices have you tried in the Character Palette for your text’s antialiasing settings?

Are you maybe using a Type1 font that doesn’t have its companion printer font installed?

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