Pixel Joint Forum: My pixels got denied

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   Here is the image and I did everything by hand. Zoom in to see places where I put AA for proof. I got this message from System. 

What do I do to fix?

REASON: Any art you post should be PIXEL ART! Pixel art implies that each pixel is placed by hand (no filters, paintbrushes, gradient fills, etc).

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ndnNinja Midshipman Joined: 25 August 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 33	Topic: My pixels got denied Posted: 29 August 2017 at 5:07pm
	Here is the image and I did everything by hand. Zoom in to see places where I put AA for proof. I got this message from System. What do I do to fix? REASON: Any art you post should be PIXEL ART! Pixel art implies that each pixel is placed by hand (no filters, paintbrushes, gradient fills, etc).
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eishiya Commander Joined: 04 August 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1109	Posted: 29 August 2017 at 7:28pm
	The problem is probably that this piece has 250 colours, many of which are used for only 1-3 pixels each, which implies the use of some sort of "dirty" tool, or faulty saving (compression?). Clean up the unneeded colours and it should be fine. However, while you're at it, I recommend also cleaning up some of the jaggies in the colour boundaries in the hills, and the noise in the foreground and clouds.
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ndnNinja Midshipman Joined: 25 August 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 33	Posted: 29 August 2017 at 9:20pm
	How do you check how many colors are there? Alright, I'll do a bit of polishing then trying to save and re-upload.
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eishiya Commander Joined: 04 August 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1109	Posted: 30 August 2017 at 1:33pm
	Most pixel art editors have a way to view the palette. If it's small enough, you can just count the colours. In Photoshop, you can get a colour count if your image is under 256 colours by trying to convert to Indexed Mode, the dialog box will tell you how many colours there are (it'll clip the colours to 256 if there are more than that.) You can also use the PJ Image Specs tool. This will not only count the colours for you, but it'll let you see where each colour is used.
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ndnNinja Midshipman Joined: 25 August 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 33	Posted: 31 August 2017 at 1:50pm
	Thank you! Found the problem layer by switching to Indexed mode, looks like I accidentally hit a number key making my brush opacity less than 100%.
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