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Malkerty
Malkerty
Participant
February 8, 2023
Question

Illustrator 3d Material Graphic Aliasing/Pixelating Issue

  • February 8, 2023
  • 2 replies
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Hi All,

When applying a graphic in the 'Materials' section of the new '3d and Materials' feature, the applied graphic appears aliased / pixelated. The graphic is set up as a Symbol and no matter how large you make the original symbol or how high res you render the 3d object it makes no difference. The weird thing is the old 3d feature does not have this problem, see screengrab attached.

 

Does anyone know how to resolve this, I've tried everything I can think of. I can't find anything online about this, which I am surprised.

 

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    Emma Ann3631804559mm
    Participant
    January 3, 2025

    I'm having similar issues, everything is set to high render. My graphics are on a simple plane, which feels like it should be less of a problem. . . 🤷‍♀️

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 3, 2025

    Use the classic 3D instead. Does that work?

    Anubhav M
    Community Manager
    Anubhav MCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    February 8, 2023

    Hello @Malkerty,

     

    We understand that encountering technical issues can be frustrating. We are here to help and would like to suggest changing the Raster Resolution under Illustrator's preferences as described in this article (https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/effects.html#rasterization_options:~:text=dialog%20box%20respectively.-,Rasterization%20options,-You%20can%20set) and enabling Render as Vector under Render Settings.

    If you don't mind, could you please follow the steps and share your observations with us? We appreciate your time and effort in helping us resolve this issue.

     

    Looking forward to your response.

     

    Thanks,

    Anubhav

      Malkerty
      MalkertyAuthor
      Participant
      February 10, 2023

      Thanks for your response, rendering as a vector delivers some interesting problems, please see attached, wobbly lines and artefacts. I tried oulined text as well as live text. Also tested at 72dpi and 300dpi with the same results (although if you are using 'render as vector' does the res setting even have a bearing on the output?)

       

        Monika Gause
        Community Expert
        Monika GauseCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        February 10, 2023

        If you want just vector output, I would go with the Legacy 3D effects.

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