Phocus 3.7.5 Standard Preview blurry?

[Nicci]

Hi guys,

I recently discovered (this is after updating to macOS Sonoma), that the standard preview in Phocus (after importing) is burry/unsharp but totally fine when zooming in to 100%.
Does anyone share this experience? Possible solutions?
FYI: MacBook Pro M1 Max (Sonoma 14.0); EIZO CG277 & CS2470

Best regards,

Nicci

[fh29]

Noticed the same on a M1 studio and Sonoma.
The preview is sharp at certain magnification values and blurred in between them.
At this point I'm not sure it's a Sonoma issue or related to the new 3.7.5 version. I upgraded both around the same time.

[NickT]

At certain magnifications Phocus renders the actual file; 100%, 50% (I think), and maybe 25%. At other magnifications it uses the embedded preview (to speed viewing).

Firstly always make sure to check your file at 100% so you know you are looking at the actual file and not a preview.

Secondly in Preferences make sure you have previews set to the largest size, this might help with your issue if you are running a high resolution screen or it may be a bug

Hope that helps.

[Nicci]

At certain magnifications Phocus renders the actual file; 100%, 50% (I think), and maybe 25%. At other magnifications it uses the embedded preview (to speed viewing).

Firstly always make sure to check your file at 100% so you know you are looking at the actual file and not a preview.

Secondly in Preferences make sure you have previews set to the largest size, this might help with your issue if you are running a high resolution screen or it may be a bug

Hope that helps.

You are right. Images displayed above 25% are sharp and perfectly usable, any value below 25% turns them into a blurry mess (as Phocus uses the embedded preview). Unfortunatley this doesn't solve my problem. My main display requires 23% in oder to represent the images in its entirety and my older EIZO 14%. Preview is set to extra large. I guess there is a bug. I actually do not see a difference when changing the preview size. Maybe Phocus only applies these altered setting to newly imported files.

Thanks for your help!

[Nicci]

Unfortunately, the problem persists with Phocus 3.7.6. It's annoying not being able to see the entire image unblurred. For now, I am skipping Phocus as part of my workflow. Being honest, for black and white it doesn't make a difference anyway.