AmyOC Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 So I hand drew this lady and took a photograph of her on my phone. I opened it in Affinity Designer and traced the image in a couple of different layers. While I was tracing the image the pixels seemed fine but at some point the image started looking really pixelated and I don't know what i've done wrong. I've tried looking for solutions on Youtube already but none of them are helpful to me at the moment. I'm still very new to the software and to design software in general. Any help would be great, or advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 15, 2022 Staff Share Posted July 15, 2022 Hi @AmyOC, Welcome to the Affinity Forums Sorry to hear you're having trouble! Can you please provide a copy of your .afdesign file so I can look into this further for you? If you'd like a private upload link for the file, please let me know. 1 hour ago, AmyOC said: While I was tracing the image the pixels seemed fine but at some point the image started looking really pixelated and I don't know what i've done wrong. Can you summarise the steps you've taken in this document? For example which tools are you using, have you resized the canvas at any point, etc? Many thanks in advance! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyOC Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 Hi Dan, Thanks so much for getting back to me. I hope this is the right link. I "saved with history" and exported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyOC Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 I was also using a wacom tablet and pen to trace the image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 27 minutes ago, AmyOC said: I "saved with history" and exported. I'm pretty sure Dan wanted the .afdesign file after that Save, rather than the Exported image Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted July 26, 2022 Staff Share Posted July 26, 2022 Thanks @AmyOC, as Walt has mentioned I was hoping for a copy of your .afdesign file which you've saved in Designer as I need to see how your document is setup etc. I can also see the image you've provided, when removing the blank space is roughly 1100px x 1400px, which is around 1.6MP - or in other words similar resolution to camera phone images from the early 2000s. With a smaller number of pixels in your image, the exported file will appear 'blurrier' than at a higher resolution. Is there a reason for the current file size, or could this be increased? Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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