AA Question
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: The Lounge
Forum Name: Resources and Support
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URL: https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11276
Printed Date: 27 October 2025 at 7:21pm
Topic: AA Question
Posted By: Aureeo
Subject: AA Question
Date Posted: 23 November 2010 at 12:49am
 Not pixel art (I don't think), but my question about it pertains to pixel art. The white and gray pixels around the edge of it, Is that anti aliasing? And if so, isn't AA supposed to make an image look good? Why does this look so bad? Cause I've seen images like this with that stuff around the edge a lot. o.0 Also, what defines whether something is pixel art or not? Sorry for the EXTREME noob questions. Thanks |
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Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 23 November 2010 at 1:14am
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No such thing as a dumb question :) First and most importantly, Pixel Art must be saved in .png or .gif formats (Don't save as .gif in MS Paint though, it does odd things), as jpeg screws up colours and everything irreversibly and other formats aren't very web-friendly. Pixel Art, at least in Pixel Joint's definition, is where control over every colour and single pixel placement (This doesn't mean you can't use floodfill or line tools though) is achieved. Any tools or filters which use automatic anti-aliasing, partial transparency/opacity and automatic gradients are Non-Pixel Art (NPA) according to PJ. External Anti-Aliasing (like on that piece) are no-nos when it comes to a transparent background, i.e. when one can change theme like on here. It was probably originally tailored for a white background. AA is used for smoothing lines and the difference between colours, basically. The piece you posted has either been resized or jpegged at some point, so where it may have been PA once it isn't anymore. Here's something I made for someone showing a .png, .jpg and weird paint .gif:  |
Posted By: Aureeo
Date Posted: 23 November 2010 at 1:26am
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Thank you so much. Lightning fast and probably the most helpful reply I've ever received on any forum. ^.^ I appreciate it. |
Posted By: DawnBringer
Date Posted: 23 November 2010 at 1:27pm
| It's AA (or scaling interpolation)...against bright colors. Somehow the image ended up with an unsuitable (dark) background. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 23 November 2010 at 5:52pm
Copied to n00btorail thread 
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