how to export pixel art files from procreate

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The video solves a common, specific technical frustration for digital artists, providing a clear, actionable 'how-to' that adds immediate value to the viewer.

Summary

The creator demonstrates a specific workflow in Procreate to export high-resolution pixel art without losing quality. By copying the canvas and resizing it using the 'nearest neighbor' interpolation setting, the user can scale their artwork effectively.

Structure

1Identify the problem of blurry pixel art exports
2Explain the solution of copying the canvas to a larger size
3Demonstrate the crop and resize settings
4Highlight the importance of nearest neighbor interpolation

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Replying to @viziotelevisionset Hope this helps! If anyone knows a better way let me know in the comments #pixelart #procreatetutorial #procreate #learnwithtiktok #indiegameart

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how to export pixel art files from procreate

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So most of us when we're exporting our art from Procreate will simply go to actions and then share image as a PNG. And then normally I would click save image. However, whenever I go to my photo app and open my image, you can see that it's really small. I can't even zoom in very much and when I do the pixels are blurry. I'm going to show you how to fix this problem and export high resolution pixel art from Procreate. So back in our Procreate file, the first thing that we do is copy the entire canvas. Then I'm going to go to the gallery and create a new canvas from clipboard. This will paste my image into the new canvas and put everything on one layer. Now we can resize it easily. To do that we go to actions, canvas, crop and resize. In one of my earlier videos I talked about resizing pixel art proportionally. Since the width of this art was originally 500 pixels, now I'm setting it to 2500 pixels. And now you can see my canvas is exactly 5 times larger. For this next step you wanna make sure that your interpolation is set to nearest neighbor or else it won't work. You can scale it by dragging the corner, but I find it easier to just type in the exact width that I want which is again 2500 pixels. Then I just need to place this into the middle of my canvas. So now when I export this art by going to share, share image PNG and once again save image. Now whenever I go look at my pixel art in the photos app, I'll be able to zoom in and the pixels will stay nice and crisp. Just for comparison, here's the before again. I hope that helped you learn.