How to avoid quality loss when duplicating layers

[mygo]

Hi to the Photoshop Gurus community

After duplicating a layer the copy has a worser quality



Any way to avoid this, perhaps other preference settings?

Thanks for help!

 

[JJLAPIN]

Did you actually Duplicate the Layer in the Layers Pallet then change the color of the lips?
Or did you Magic Wand the top Lips make a new layer then fill with a new color.
Posting your file would help.

 

[IamSam]

Hello and welcome to PSG.

Can you provide us with some more information? Was the original layer a shape layer? How did you duplicate the layer? Were there any size changes or transformations to the duplicated layer?

 

[mygo]

thanks @JJLAPIN and @IamSam

The original shape comes from Cartoon Animator 4.
Used Duplicate Layer in the Layer Pallet and changed the color.
No size changes - No transformations.

The same quality loss I get with using Magic Wand.


Original PSD file attached

 

[admin]

The issue is with your paint bucket and magic wand tolerances, not duplicating the layer.

I did not check your PSD file, but most likely the edges of the shape are not 100% clean.

If you only need to change the solid color, for a quick fix you can try adding a Layer Style -> Color Overlay and choose your color there instead.

 

[IamSam]

Also, to avoid problems altogether, you should work with much larger documents. Yours is too small 456px x 299px. You can always reduce the size of larger documents.

You should be using a shape tool like the Pen Tool to create the original shape to avoid aliasing. Colors can be changed using the Pen Tools tools options bar or with Color Overlays as mentioned above.

 

[mygo]

Thanks you @admin and @IamSam for your very helpful advices