AA Practice...
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 14 September 2025 at 4:23am
Topic: AA Practice...
Posted By: Scotteh
Subject: AA Practice...
Date Posted: 23 December 2007 at 8:29am
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I wanna know, have I done this correctly?
Please, Teach me how to AA |
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 23 December 2007 at 8:45am
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In theory it is correct. However you can do it with less AA colors. The thing with a AA is minimalism, yet enough to visually smooth.
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 23 December 2007 at 8:46am
Most of it isn't bad, but you might be tending towards using too many tones for aaing. One or two should be all you need, and even if you have more in your ramp, using them all instead of the one or two that are most appropriate leads to a blurred look.
 Here I did the red using only one color between red and black (two is fine too, but I wanted to show that a single color will suffice). It looks more defined and I also antialiased the inside of the hat's outline. Also, remember that pixel-perfect lines like 90 and 45 degrees don't need aa; all it does in those cases is blur, so the areas of those angles that were antialiased were in error.
EDIT: Neat, jal and I both posted essentially the same crit at the same time. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com"> 
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: Scotteh
Date Posted: 23 December 2007 at 2:43pm
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So shall I discard of AA on 45 and 90 degrees angles? i'll edit this soon thnx for CC
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 23 December 2007 at 2:56pm
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Yeah, and just antialias less in general to eliminate the blurry look. You already were doing pretty good on 90-degree angles, but the 45-degree ones do need some work. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 23 December 2007 at 3:01pm
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I second the primate.
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Posted By: Scotteh
Date Posted: 23 December 2007 at 3:15pm
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Oi doki, hows this looking? i've got the original so I can Un-do any bad damage done  |