Switching over from Paintshop pro9 to PainterX...

[ragtagscot]

Hi guys, hope you can help.
I've been using Paint shop pro for years, decided to try out PainterX.

This isn't a compare and contrast post but i've noticed something different that's bugging me and didn't know if there was a fix.
In painter when i'm viewing my image (eg landscape sketch scanned in at say 300dpi) and viewing it at 100% the quality is great but i'm looking at a massive blown up part of it (clearly).
When I then 'scroll the image down' it so it's at say 30% and i can see the whole thing on my monitor (17 inch) the image becomes pixilated and a bit 'scraggy'. So if i make any changes to the image, like chalk in a load of sky, add some wash to some trees etc and need to scroll back and see the whole image, i can't really tell if the changes really work as, like i said, the image looks as bit scraggy.
Unless I reduce the size of the image resolution, check it's ok then undo, or scroll across the whole image when it's blown up at 100% or even open it up in psp9 and check it.

Compare that to paintshop pro9 when i can work on the same image whilst it's at 100% 40% etc and can see everything clear as a whistle. (but with out the amazing painter brushes available, why i want the switch over)

Didn't know if i have my painter settings set to something or if there was a way you 'regular users' dealt with it. Hope this makes sense. Cheers!

[Jinny Brown]

Hi ragtagscot,

That's a known problem with Painter and the best I can offer (or anyone can as far as I know) is to do the following:

In Painter X > Preferences > General (Mac) or Edit > Preferences > General (Windows), in the lower left corner of the dialog box, check Draw zoomed-out views using area-averaging. Then, above that section, set Magnifier Increment to 25%.

This won't entirely eliminate the problem but it helps, and with Magnifer Increment set to 25%, if you start with a zoom percent divisible by 25 (i.e. 50%, 75%, 100%, 125%, 200%, 350%, etc.), you'll get the best zoomed-out display available.

If you're currently at an odd percent that's not divisible by 25, like 30%, 63%, 179%, 241%, etc., first double-click the Magnifier tool to zoom to 100%, then hold down the Alt/Option tool and click in the image to zoom out to the desired zoom percent.

It's annoying at first but you'll get used to it after a while and it won't be so bothersome.

Good luck, and enjoy those Painter X brushes!

[handrawn]

ragtagscot

the clarity of psp9 when zooming out is exceptional I think. It was the feature that sold it for me when I worked more or less exclusively with bitmaps.

Jinny

Good tip thanks
Bit like photoshop then in that respect - increments of 25% working best.


Guess we can't have it both ways
I put up with a lot for those painter brushes

[ragtagscot]

That's brilliant, thanks, Jinny!
Massive thanks for helping out with this.
Just set it up as you suggested and it's working much clearer now.
Like you say, it's just a case of getting used to the process but that shouldn't be to big a problem. Top work!

[ragtagscot]

hand drawn:
You're spot on about the zoom clarity in psp9, it's class.
Just couldn't resist having a go with those painter brushes! Should be able to see what i'm doing a bit clearer now. Thanks again, folks!

[Jinny Brown]

That's brilliant, thanks, Jinny!
Massive thanks for helping out with this.
Just set it up as you suggested and it's working much clearer now.
Like you say, it's just a case of getting used to the process but that shouldn't be to big a problem. Top work!

Hi,

Glad to hear it helped!

Thanks for letting us know. I'm so used to the pixelation thing that it doesn't bother me but I can understand it's a pain for others who are used to seeing a better zoomed out view.


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