Re:How I make graphics for retro systems and retro-styled games
by reaperducer on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @02:40PM
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Somewhat related: I have on occasion needed to make low resolution, pixel-perfect images for various projects. But when I export from Photoshop, all of the rough edges get smoothed out, no matter what file format I choose. Very frustrating. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong, or if there's a setting I have to twiddle?
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Re:How I make graphics for retro systems and retro-styled games
by cammikebrown on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @02:41PM
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Are you saving as a jpeg? The compression will do that, try saving as a png or gif instead. Also, under image settings make sure your interpolation is nearest neighbor, not bicubic.
Re:How I make graphics for retro systems and retro-styled games
by JKCalhoun on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @02:51PM
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Yes, also, make sure (OP) the app you are viewing the saved document in is not doing the smoothing (upsampling, interpolating).
Re:How I make graphics for retro systems and retro-styled games
by reaperducer on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @03:11PM
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As noted in my comment, it happens no matter what file format I choose. PNG, JPEG, it doesn't matter.
Re:How I make graphics for retro systems and retro-styled games
by teddyh on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @06:03PM
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It might be that your image viewer is smoothing the low-pixel images before showing them to you.
Re:How I make graphics for retro systems and retro-styled games
by HelloNurse on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @09:25AM
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It is, for example, default behaviour in IrfanView.
Re:How I make graphics for retro systems and retro-styled games
by yoz-y on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @07:46PM
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Not sure about Photoshop, but in general I'd say ensure that canvas size and export size are the same. If they are not, then the ratio between them must be an integer and the resize filter is set to nearest neighbor.