Pixel Art exported as .png from Illustrator is blurry when opened in Photoshop

Question

I recently made this pixel art image of a rather dashing Alex Turner in Illustrator, and exported it as a .png.

If I now open it in Photoshop, it looks blurry if I zoom in...

Here's a side by side screenshot of Illustrator on the left and Photoshop on the right.

I read it might be anti aliasing or something, but I haven't found a way to turn that off...

rob day · Accepted Answer

I'm using this as a digital image only, and it needs to be less than 200 x 200px... will changing the resolution affect this or not?

If you set your rulers to Pixels what are the document dimensions?

If you want to export a PNG with the same pixel dimensions, set the export resolution to 72ppi, and set Anti-Aliasing to None so the edges don't blur. Here my artboard is 200 x 200 pixels:

The 72ppi resolution exports a matching 200x200 PNG:

Mike_Gondek10189183 · Answer

Export at a higher resolution. Rather than scaling this 1200% in Illustrator.

You can change here instead.

Depending on if you want to use this image for print or as a digital image, we can further guide you on what resolution you need.

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