Problem with text in Photoshop

[teritoons]

Hidy,

I have a problem creating a comic book page in Adobe Photoshop. When the art is done and I try to add the word balloons, the words blur.

Now I'm shooting to put this on the web, so I need to reduce the artwork so it's viewable on a browser. And I've noticed that if I work with the art the size I've calculated for the browser it in Adobe, it appears as this huge massive picture (far too large when viewed in a program like Infranview), and uses massive amounts of memory. And when I reduce it either in Photoshop or with Infranview to the size needed for the browser, the Image Size in Adobe say's that it's now about 2 inches wide, etc and my words become monsterously blurry. (What the heck is going on???)

What am I doing wrong? I need my printing to be crisp, not this blurred unreadable mass I have now.

Help!!!


Teri

 

[pixl8r]

Part of what you are encountering is the "constrain proportions" setting of the Image Size dialogue box. Here is something to try... Instead of changing the width and height of your image, change the resolution (it's in the Image Size box as well). Change it from 300 (which I'm guessing you have it at) to 72 or 96. You will see the width and height change (because you have the "constrain proportions" box checked). This will take some experimenting on your part for the desired size.. but make any width height adjustments after you have changed the resolution not before.

As for your text. If you need it super sharp turn off the text anti-aliasing. It is located in the tool bar in PS6 right next to all the font properties (at the top). In previous versions it is in the Text dialogue box. You might also try the "crisp" setting.
Hope that helps! Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!