Madame Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Hi. I'm not used to vector work, so I have to ask. I searched the forum and found some threads about the issue, but nothing that was understandable to me. I made this picture which I want to use for my profile picture. The picture is about 1000x1000 pixles and the profile picture have to be no larger than 200 px. When I export as a 200 px. jpg, it gets blurry and pixelated. How can I do this? (In simple words please). You can perhaps see what I mean when you look at my profile picture? Quote - Affinity Photo 2.3.0 - Affinity Designer 2.3.0 -Affinity Publisher 2.3.0 MacBook Pro 16 GB MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIPStephan Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 The thing with vectors is that they are converted to raster graphics when you export them, and a pixel is a pixel. So, by downsizing an image the software has to decide what to do with items that are going to be less than a pixel wide – practically there are no “half” pixels (or other subdivisions) to which something could be rounded down. So, if the program encounters something that is going to be less than a pixel, or positioned at irregular values (like 5.2 pixels), it has to round this, and this is where anti-aliasing comes into play which can lead to a blurry outcome. Therefore, special care has to be taken (and manual edits to be made) when downsizing delicate graphics. A really nice article I found and always reference is this one: http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2007/07/11/icon_design/ MacGueurle and MEB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Stephan, thank you so much! I see that I have a lot to learn.. and work to do. That was very logical, and now I see why there is a pixel persona. Thank you for taking the time to explain. Quote - Affinity Photo 2.3.0 - Affinity Designer 2.3.0 -Affinity Publisher 2.3.0 MacBook Pro 16 GB MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 Does anyone know any good tutorials about the subject? Preferable videos. Quote - Affinity Photo 2.3.0 - Affinity Designer 2.3.0 -Affinity Publisher 2.3.0 MacBook Pro 16 GB MacOS Sonoma 14.1.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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