fusy83 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 I've been using AP for about 2 years and I've never had a single problem until I updated to 1.7 where there's a very noticeable pixelated look in everything (text, pen tool, shapes, etc) and I also seem to have this line using gradients found also in the linked post. Do keep in mind though that I got a new PC around the same time as 1.7 so it could also be that but I'm unsure. I've posted my settings and an example. I'm not sure whether this is the correct place to ask this or not so please correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 23, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 23, 2019 Hi @fusy83, All the UI text looks fine to me. It's not pixelated at all. As for that gradient, unless you attach the project file, it's hard to see what's going on. Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusy83 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Yeah theres no problem with the ui text I was just leaving it there to show my settings to see whether theres something wrong with that. Once I get home i will send the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 23, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 23, 2019 So what is it that looks pixelated if it's not the UI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 23, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 23, 2019 Hi fusy83, Welcome to Affinity Forums Go to Affinity Preferences, Performance tab and set the View Quality dropdown to Bilinear (to fix the text/shapes issue you are reporting in this thread). Let us know if it doesn't fix the issues you are referring to. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusy83 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, GabrielM said: So what is it that looks pixelated if it's not the UI? The actual project, every project I've worked on since the 1.7 update its looked extremely pixelated. They're usually 1920 by 1080 at 400 dpi but it looks very low quality Edited September 23, 2019 by fusy83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 23, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 23, 2019 What is your zoom level? Anything greater than 100% will look pixelated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusy83 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 It's probably over that so that's probably it although in the past version I was able to zoom in and it would adjust the quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, fusy83 said: 1920 by 1080 at 400 dpi DPI is irrelevant if it’s for the web. The value 400 simply means that if you were to print the image at its default resolution it would only be about 2½ inches high. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusy83 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 15 minutes ago, MEB said: Hi fusy83, Welcome to Affinity Forums Go to Affinity Preferences, Performance tab and set the View Quality dropdown to Bilinear (to fix the text/shapes issue you are reporting in this thread). Let us know if it doesn't fix the issues you are referring to. Okay thank you. I will try that when I get home although if I remember correctly it is set on bilinear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusy83 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Could it possibly be to do with "actual size zoom"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 23, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 23, 2019 39 minutes ago, fusy83 said: although in the past version I was able to zoom in and it would adjust the quality? This would not have happened. We do not do any post-processing or smoothing. If your zoom level is 100% or more, you will see pixelation, and this is expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusy83 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, GabrielM said: This would not have happened. We do not do any post-processing or smoothing. If your zoom level is 100% or more, you will see pixelation, and this is expected. Oh I swear I remember that being a feature. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 On large images and slow PCs you can get excessive pixelation when scrubbing the zoom slider from 1% to a higher value. This pixelation "smooths" itself out after a couple of seconds once the pixel fairies have caught up. Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusy83 Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) the one on the top i have just made and me being stupid I forgot to save the file but you can clearly see this looks absolutely terrible compared to the bottom one that was made almost a year ago with much smoother lighting and colours. Edited September 24, 2019 by fusy83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 25, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 25, 2019 Hard to say what's going on, but it looks like you've used the Pixel tool, and not the Paint Brush Tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusy83 Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, GabrielM said: Hard to say what's going on, but it looks like you've used the Pixel tool, and not the Paint Brush Tool. I definitely used the brush tool as I don't have the pixel in my toolbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 25, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 25, 2019 If you can attach the brush, your project file and screen recording of your workflow we can have a look for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusy83 Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 Okay so it turns out it was because it was on rgb8 so im stupid. Thanks for the help anyway PaulAffinity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted September 25, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 25, 2019 The colour bit depth (RGB8/16/32, etc) have no effect on the pixel resolution, but only give you a better colour accuracy (256 values for 8bit, 65,536 values for 16bit, and "floating point" - instead of integer numbers for 32 bit . For example, a 10 x 10 px image has 100pixels regardless of its bit depth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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