Exporting pixelated Images without blurring pixels

[traumschiff]

Hi,

I would like to export a collage I made in publisher with the pixels, as it is displayed in the program. (see sreenshot 1). 

But when I export the image, the pixels turn blurry. (screenshot 2) How can I adjust the export settings to prevent that?

I think this article describes my problem (but for photoshop). https://www.hipsthetic.com/enlarge-pixel-art-without-blurring-in-photoshop/?expand_article=1

Thank you so much in advance!!

Edited March 25, 2024 by traumschiff

[Hangman]

Hi @traumschiff and welcome to the forums,

Probably the first thing to check is that everything is perfectly pixel aligned...

In the User Interface Settings/Preferences, ensure that Pixels are set to six decimal places then change your document units to pixels and make sure all positioning uses integer values rather than sub-integer values...

[nickbatz]

I can't really see what's going on, but I always resize everything to 300 DPI before working on it and have it resample using the Bicubic resampling algorithm (there are about five different resampling algorithms, including Nearest Neighbor, and you can try them to see which one you like best).

To be clear: resampling is what sharpens it, not changing to 300 DPI.

You can also use an unsharp mask Live Filter layer (it's under the Sharpen sub-menu). A little of that can be great, too much of it looks horrible.

That's in addition to what Hangman says, which is beyond my ken, so I'm certainly not disputing it.

[lacerto]

Obsolete.