how to get high resolution images

flamingsword1

I've seen projects with costumes that are exceptional resolution, but when I upload images they are at a very low quality. how do I get a high quality image?

ErnieParke

Either those costumes are hand made, or they are vector graphics. Vector graphics, no matter the zoom, will never start to look pixelated. Meanwhile, hand-made costumes avoid the squeezing Scratch has to do to import images (to make them below 481x361), and so they appear high-resolution. I also like to make hand-made graphics; it can be fun at times. ;)

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ErnieParke

turkey3_test

ErnieParke wrote:
Either those costumes are hand made, or they are vector graphics. Vector graphics, no matter the zoom, will never start to look pixelated. Meanwhile, hand-made costumes avoid the squeezing Scratch has to do to import images (to make them below 481x361), and so they appear high-resolution. I also like to make hand-made graphics; it can be fun at times. ;)

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ErnieParke

Or one can make a high-resolution bitmap image, use an external vector editor and import it, and then import that .svg image into Scratch for a bitmap quality, but high-resolution, backdrop or costume.

flamingsword1

ErnieParke wrote:
Either those costumes are hand made, or they are vector graphics. Vector graphics, no matter the zoom, will never start to look pixelated. Meanwhile, hand-made costumes avoid the squeezing Scratch has to do to import images (to make them below 481x361), and so they appear high-resolution. I also like to make hand-made graphics; it can be fun at times. ;)

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ErnieParke

what do you mean by hand made?

Mamu10

flamingsword1 wrote:
ErnieParke wrote:
Either those costumes are hand made, or they are vector graphics. Vector graphics, no matter the zoom, will never start to look pixelated. Meanwhile, hand-made costumes avoid the squeezing Scratch has to do to import images (to make them below 481x361), and so they appear high-resolution. I also like to make hand-made graphics; it can be fun at times. ;)

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ErnieParke
what do you mean by hand made?

ErnieParke means you that you drew the costume in Scratch using Scratch's drawing tools.

supercreeper2005

You can split the image in to smaller images ( if importing an image you have to do this ) or put it in vector.

MegaApuTurkUltra

To import large images into scratch, I convert them to vector with Inkscape. That allows them to be imported while still exceeding stage bounds. I also use a hack with a normal sized costume to make the vectors able to zoom.

Auriea

I found a site that converts bitmap into vector:
http://vectormagic.com/
Does that help?

M3W

Auriea wrote:
I found a site that converts bitmap into vector:
http://vectormagic.com/
Does that help?

Objection!

DELandJFC

ErnieParke wrote:
Either those costumes are hand made, or they are vector graphics. Vector graphics, no matter the zoom, will never start to look pixelated. Meanwhile, hand-made costumes avoid the squeezing Scratch has to do to import images (to make them below 481x361), and so they appear high-resolution. I also like to make hand-made graphics; it can be fun at times. ;)

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ErnieParke

Do you know how the avoid to squeezing while uploading images?

Last edited by DELandJFC (Sept. 2, 2017 21:46:56)

Harakou

DELandJFC wrote:
ErnieParke wrote:
Either those costumes are hand made, or they are vector graphics. Vector graphics, no matter the zoom, will never start to look pixelated. Meanwhile, hand-made costumes avoid the squeezing Scratch has to do to import images (to make them below 481x361), and so they appear high-resolution. I also like to make hand-made graphics; it can be fun at times. ;)

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ErnieParke

Do you know how the avoid to squeezing while uploading images?

Try making a new topic to ask this - you'll find that it's more likely people will actually see your question and be able to answer it. This thread is quite old. Thanks!

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