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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...

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 8, 2023

      This will add many steps to my production flow... I need the images to be linked since they often change and I need to be able to auto update them. If I rasterize the rotated images, I'll have to relink every single one, everytime the original file change... not viable.


      As an effect Rasterize can be applied to rotated images.

      The trouble is: The effect gets rotated with the image.

      You would need to rotate it with the transform effect and then add the rasterize effect.

       

      The good thing is: you could make a graphic style from that and apply it to the images.

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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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