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robertg83311307
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January 5, 2019
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Issues with Adobe Illustrator

  • January 5, 2019
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So I seem to be having an issue with Adobe Illustrator. When I export files I seem to be getting a little pixelation that is bugging me. I'll include the exported images below. But I exported the two images in 72 dpi for screens and when these files were incredibly pixelated I exported them once again in 300 dpi. Exporting them in 300 dpi limited the pixelation but I thought if I'm exporting for screens then the files should be exported as a png in 72 dpi. I'd appreciate any help available.

Just for some context the logo is for a game blog me and my group have made in uni for our game module and the smaller icon is a favicon for the blog.

300 dpi

72 dpi

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Correct answer jane-e

Hi Robert,

A lot of people get thrown off by the zoom level, so that’s aways the first thing to look at. In the View menu, you can toggle a Preview to see what it will look like when you convert to raster before you acually convert. I’m not at my computer, but I think it’s View > Pixel Preview (or similiar).

Which profile did you use when you started the document? Print is in CMYK and snap to pixel grid is off (among other things). Starting from a Web profile means you are in RGB and snap to pixel grid is on, and you want RGB and the snap to pixel grid for web graphics.

Don’t worry too much about the DPI vs PPI. Some people have gotten this wrong since the beginning and  use the terms interchangably, but they have never been the same. When you look at what the letters stand for, it makes sense.

The important thing is that it’s working now!

~ Jane

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jane-e
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January 5, 2019

Hi Robert,

What is your zoom level? Are you looking at these at 100%? Zooming in will show the pixels, especially when there are fewer per inch.

Have you looked at both in a browser window instead of in Illustrator?

And just a very small note that has nothing to do with your question, you are measuring how many pixels are in an inch when you export to raster. That’s “pixels per inch”, or ppi. You only have dots when ink gets put onto to paper, so “dots per inch” (dpi) is what your printer is capable of.

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    robertg83311307Author
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    January 5, 2019

    Ah okay, thanks a lot, I think I got a little too paranoid and never thought to consider the zoom when looking at the exports.

    Thanks a lot.

    And yeah, apologies for the dpi instead of ppi. The majority of what I've learnt in design has been taught by my lecturer who is a bit old school in his terminology.

    jane-e
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    jane-eCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    January 5, 2019

    Hi Robert,

    A lot of people get thrown off by the zoom level, so that’s aways the first thing to look at. In the View menu, you can toggle a Preview to see what it will look like when you convert to raster before you acually convert. I’m not at my computer, but I think it’s View > Pixel Preview (or similiar).

    Which profile did you use when you started the document? Print is in CMYK and snap to pixel grid is off (among other things). Starting from a Web profile means you are in RGB and snap to pixel grid is on, and you want RGB and the snap to pixel grid for web graphics.

    Don’t worry too much about the DPI vs PPI. Some people have gotten this wrong since the beginning and  use the terms interchangably, but they have never been the same. When you look at what the letters stand for, it makes sense.

    The important thing is that it’s working now!

    ~ Jane

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