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September 8, 2023
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Angled Linked images pixelated ONLY on export

  • September 8, 2023
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Hi, I've been dealing with this for a long time, since export replaced the old "save for web" command.

 

When I have linked images placed at ANY angle different from 0º the exported artboard results in pixelation.

 

This doesn't happen if I use the legacy Save For Web command. This is makes the multiple artboard export completelly useless, because if I want to avoid pixelation, I have to export every artboard individually.

 

This also happens to EMBEDDED images which I don't use since it makes the file size too big and slow.

 

I'm attaching two images of the same file, one was created with EXPORT command and the other with SAVEFORWEB.

 

 

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    Martin Matthias
    Known Participant
    February 11, 2025

    Bump. This is still an issue.
    Is there a workaround for as long as this problem persists?

     

     

    Ton Frederiks
    Community Expert
    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 11, 2025

    You can vote here:

    https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/34636129-export-for-screens-bad-antialiasing-and-jagged-ed

    And use Export > Save for Web as workaround

    Ton Frederiks
    Community Expert
    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 8, 2023

    What are the anti-aliasing settings when you export? Do you use art optimized?

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    carlosmoralesquiros
    Known Participant
    September 8, 2023

    Different AntiAlias settings, same results...

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      carlosmoralesquiros
      Known Participant
      September 8, 2023

      But when I use your steps I get the same result as in my example

      Remember that artwork with angled lines will always give stairsteps when exported as an image.

      Low resolution and Type optimized make it more visible.


      Did you saw the first post? one jpg was created with "Save for Web" and the other was created using "Export for Screens". Clearly they are different, no matter what optimization I use, what format, what size, what ppi, the rotated image looks very different from one image to the other. Thats my issue. I need the "EXPORT FOR SCREENS" to give me the same results as "SAVE FOR WEB".

       

      I think you're missing my point, I KNOW all workarounds to fix this, I've been using this program since Adobe Illustrator 88, my issue is WHY do I have to work around this in the first place.

       

      Export for Screens should produce pixel perfect images of all my artworks at any size, resolution and format, no matter how I place or rotate the images.

       

      EXAMPLE: Two artboards, same linked image, one is placed without rotation, the second is rotated. Exported both with "Export for Screens" settings JPG 100 with AntiAlias Art Optimized, and here's the result.

       

      No imagine you have 40+ artboards, most of them with rotated images... I want to export them all with one command... 

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      carlosmoralesquiros
      Known Participant
      September 8, 2023

      I have the same problem, this is a very old issue and still happening....

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