Nadia Petrov
Nadia Petrov Customer Education Writer at 4OVER4.COM
Question

Why does my online proof look blurry or out of focus?

Answer

Online proofs are displayed at low resolution for preview purposes, so they can look blurry or slightly out of focus on screen. This is expected and does not carry over to the finished piece.

  • What you are seeing: a low-resolution preview image, not the production file.
  • What actually prints: your high-resolution supplied file, which produces a much sharper result.
  • The takeaway: the final printed product will look clearer and cleaner than the on-screen proof.

As long as your file was not flagged as low resolution, there is nothing to fix.

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