user iconFredledingue on July 9th 2016
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topic iconSolid lines all blurred

Why does it does that?

Hello! First many thanks for this great software! Real easy to use, very cool, many options etc!

Ok, now the criticism:

Solid lines and shapes are always blurred. I still don't know wether they are blured in the rendering windows or in the final image file too, but it's very annoying.
It very visible when zooming in on the drawing.

It's almost impossible to have a non-blurred line unless it's perfectly horizontal or vertical. Even worse: It happens on the Vector Editor too (thought there I think it's only on the rendering window).

But why does it do that? Wouldn't it be more software efficient to have only solid colors?

Or did I miss an option somewhere?

user iconFredledingue on July 25th 2016 0

OK, I found out one thing: There are "smoothing" and "non smoothing" buttons but....

it's always blured (smoothed) when exported to another format, like PNG or TIFF.

For JPG it's not a problem, but a PNG image should be optimized for solid color.

The "smoothing" and "non smoothing" buttons are also disabled with the brush. So I must work only with the pencil, but the size of the pencil is limited to the pre-defined shapes.

user iconVlasta on July 25th 2016 0

If you want to have smooth edges, they need to be "blurred". When a pixel is only partially covered by the drawn shape, it appears semi-transparent if on empty background, or blurred if there is a background.

When you zoom in you can see the individual pixels, which is intentional.

As you have found out, you can turn off smoothing and it affects some of the tools, but not brush, because of the nature of the brush tool.

user iconAnonymous on September 13th 2023 0

Thanks, this helped a lot

user iconAnonymous on February 13th 2024 0

Hey!
Thank you.

user iconAnonymous on January 22nd 0

Great discussion! I completely agree with the advice on focusing on simplicity and clarity when designing icons. It’s important to ensure that the design remains clear and recognizable even at smaller sizes. Thanks for sharing these helpful tips.

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