ILLUSTRATOR & PHOTOSHOP EXPORT LOW QUALITY!

[JohnFrenfz]

Hello Adobe Community. My Photoshop and Illustrator keep exporting my projects in low quality even though i always choose max quality export. This happens to Photoshop & to illustrator. Can somebody help?

[Steve Werner]

We can't help you with Photoshop issues. Ask in the Photoshop forum.

Please tell us what operating system (exactly) you're running. Please tell us (exactly) what Illustrator version you're using.

What file format are you exporting from Illustrator. How are you determining that the export is low resolution? (Where are you viewing it?)

[meganchi]

The question I have is if your image was originally high resolution? Sometimes people thinking typing in a higher number in the resolution box in Photoshop will make there images higher in resolution. Your output (export) is only as good as your native image starting resolution.

[Kat Gilbert]

John, the request from Steve and Megan are very valid. We need as much info as you can give to help you define the problem.

[Jacob Bugge · Accepted solution]

John,

This may sound unforgivably outdated and boring, sorry.

For clean and crisp artwork avoid JPEG.

If you wish to have PNGs (PNG24, of course) look crisp and clean, it is important to have the images in the exact desired final pixel x pixel size, forget about resolution which may actually lead to wrong sizes and hence blurriness. It is easiest and safest to work at the desired size.

A very common unsuitable way is to Export to PNG (remember to use PNG24 and use Transparency for artwork to be in front of different backgrounds) with a medium or high resolution, such as 300PPI.

To retain the clean and crisp artwork, a PNG must be created at exactly the pixel x pixel size that it is to be used for (or second best at sizes that are powers of 2 times as large).

It is also important to have the artwork and also the Artboard placed fully within integer/whole pixel X and Y values in the Workspace. Otherwise the resulting image will become a bit wider/taller and the extension(s) will be empty and therefore be white.

Therefore, the safest way is to create the artwork at the final pixel x pixel size and use a corresponding Artboard, then either use the Legacity Save for Web (where you can look in the Image Size window for size confirmation) or Export at 72PPI. In either case, use the relevant optimization (available with both ways); it is also convenient to have 72PPI in the Effect>Document Raster Effect Settings.

If you have pure vector artwork, you can relax a bit and have the artwork/Artboard at any size (the Artboard must have the same proportions as the final image), then use the Legacity Save for Web and set either Width or Height in the Image Size and Apply (make sure the other value is also correct).

The Legacy Save for Web may be an old carthorse, but it knows its way home, even if the driver is drunk and sleeping it off in the hay in the back.