Decipher Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) Hello, I am new here and sorry if this is in the wrong forum. I was copying and pasting images soo goodly smooth But one day suddenly when i tried to copy and paste, the image got pixelated when i resized it. Could someone help me please? been trying to solve this, couldnt find anything. I know there is something where you can set Pixelated to Smooth but idk where it is now. Please help Edited June 23, 2017 by Decipher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Hello @Decipher and Welcome . I think you will see a big difference if you use this Plugin to smooth out the edges. It's called AA's Assistant and can be found here: If you don't know how to install Plugins, here is How To: https://boltbait.com/pdn/InstallingEffects.php Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) Probably you have inadvertently switched from Quality: Bilinear to Nearest Neighbor. Edited June 23, 2017 by IRON67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Hello @Decipher, welcome to the forum. If you have a raster image (Paint.NET is raster) that is say 100 x 250 pixels & you try to make it 400 x 1000, it will get pixelated. If you shrink a raster image down, any unnecessary information will be discarded. If on the other hand you want to increase the size, new pixel information needs to be created and it does that by its best guesses & therefore you will get a pixelly image & it will depend on how much you increase it by. Vector images are able to be scaled infinitely but since Paint.NET uses raster, it won't help you much. In my work I regularly use a canvas that is 4 times the size of what I want the finished product to be. Then I scale it down & the result is beautifully smooth work. The maple leaf that I did is not as smooth as I would like it to be because I broke this rule Try these ideas & let us know how you go. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 <Moved to paint.net Discussion & Questions> Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decipher Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 22 hours ago, barbieq25 said: Hello @Decipher, welcome to the forum. If you have a raster image (Paint.NET is raster) that is say 100 x 250 pixels & you try to make it 400 x 1000, it will get pixelated. If you shrink a raster image down, any unnecessary information will be discarded. If on the other hand you want to increase the size, new pixel information needs to be created and it does that by its best guesses & therefore you will get a pixelly image & it will depend on how much you increase it by. Vector images are able to be scaled infinitely but since Paint.NET uses raster, it won't help you much. In my work I regularly use a canvas that is 4 times the size of what I want the finished product to be. Then I scale it down & the result is beautifully smooth work. The maple leaf that I did is not as smooth as I would like it to be because I broke this rule Try these ideas & let us know how you go. But when I was scaling down pictures before, it was smooth, and not badly pixelated. that's weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 When you resized your image did you resized it using the Selection tool? If you used the Selection tool to shrink your image and then decided to make it larger then your image gets pixelated. If you want to resize your images try using the Image>Resize options from the menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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