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Posting pixel art and animation to instagram
kauheaa:
I've googled and searched the forum but can't seem to find anything even though I'm pretty sure there must be a thread about this somewhere.
I've seen people post pixel art and animations on instagram without losing the quality, how is it done?
Do I have to use another program to post the files, do they have to be exact size or resolution, etc...?
MysteryMeat:
follow these steps:
1: don't use instagram
(slightly unrelated) 2: don't use pinterest
3: profit
this is part bitter memeing, but these platforms are genuinely just kind of terrible for pixel art and art in general since they're more meant for photos and pictures. To get any kind of reasonable quality out of them you gotta jack up the scale of your pixels a lot.
I reccomend using something like imgur, it's a far more reliable alternative in my experience despite some occasional weirdness.
Or, if you're after a more pixel-focused imagehost, try pixeljoint. The community's about as nerdy for pixels as we are, but the hosting there is stellar.
kauheaa:
--- Quote from: MysteryMeat on September 17, 2018, 10:29:25 am ---follow these steps:
1: don't use instagram
(slightly unrelated) 2: don't use pinterest
3: profit
this is part bitter memeing, but these platforms are genuinely just kind of terrible for pixel art and art in general since they're more meant for photos and pictures. To get any kind of reasonable quality out of them you gotta jack up the scale of your pixels a lot.
I reccomend using something like imgur, it's a far more reliable alternative in my experience despite some occasional weirdness.
Or, if you're after a more pixel-focused imagehost, try pixeljoint. The community's about as nerdy for pixels as we are, but the hosting there is stellar.
--- End quote ---
yeah i guess so...i just already have an art instagram where i post my marker and pencil drawings and would like to also show off some pixel stuff from time to time.
Maybe I'll just link my pixeljoint gallery or something.
Still, I've seen some good quality pixel posts and cant figure out how on earth they do that, mine turn into mush X(
Kiana:
Basically, you need to prevent the app from scaling (or filetype converting) your image at all, if possible. This is pretty true in general for social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) which is terribly optimized for pixel art because they expect people to be uploading .jpg photos.
I believe Instagram’s dimensions are 1080x1080px - so make sure your image is that size, and it should theoretically not kill your image quality.
Retronator:
Scale it up big over 1000px like Kiana said and I don't even think it matters exactly how much. You do the same for animations in Photoshop, but instead of exporting them as GIF, you render to video (at the huge 1000px+ size). Personally I haven't had problems with this approach.
One extra thing to know with all this is: when a person browses posts on Instagram, they take a 1 sec look, flick to the next image, 1 sec look, flick … If something catches their attention you might get 3 or 5 seconds of their time. While you might care about perfectly sharp pixels, I guarantee you, nobody else does, including pixel art aficionados (I'm extrapolating a bit here, but you get the point). It used to be different in the early days of phones, but now with high density displays, it really isn't a big deal. The problem is only when beginners post native or barely upscaled sprites and they get upscaled by the platforms into a blurry mess.
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