TIP 5 | Set Up a High-Resolution File With Sketchbook Pro
Tired of blurry digital sketches? Start your projects at high resolution with Sketchbook Pro’s easy settings. Discover how planning your canvas with the right dpi brings clarity and professionalism to your drawings. Ready for sharp, dynamic sketches? Set up your files right now!
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Even if I have spent quite some time on that sketch, I am not really fan of it. I was trying too hard hiding my mistakes by overloading it of details. I guess I blind myself and didn’t realize early enough that the sketch base was not right. It naturally gives a clumsy result.
The glass area really lack of dynamism.
I forgot to change the resolution of the document. Big mistake ! The sketch having a lot of small details. The picture is blurred when I zoom in.
TIP 5 High resolution file
Plan a high resolution document FROM START.
On the menu: EDIT/PREFERENCES/Canvas For these kind of sketches, I recommend to rise the resolution of Sketchbook Pro by default from 72 to 200dpi.
SketchBook Pro – Resolution set up
And you, which resolution do you work with ? Simply write in the box below.
Hello! I'm Chou-Tac, a Product Designer from France.
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Hello! I was working on a drawing and the quality was high. However, when I saved it and re-opened the file to continue working on it, the quality of the picture went down and all of the details I had placed on it were now extremely pixelated. Is there anyway to fix this???
(I don’t know if this matters but I’m on an android tablet.)
Maybe it is due to the two types of formats in digital drawing.
Usually, there is 1 format by default that is proper to the software (i.e .psd for Photoshop) and the common formats ready to use for publication such as .jpg or png.
It is essential to know both.
The default format will save the file at the original size, resolution, keep the layers separated, the vector lines if any… It is like a “MASTER FILE”. Anytime you want to do a modification, you have to refer to that document.
On the other side, the common format will get a lower resolution of your choice.
I guess your pixelated image is may due to a low resolution at export?
Maybe instead of centimeters, you wrote a document size in mm?
A minimum of dpi for a document is 72 dpi for a screen visualization.
Make sure you do not choose lower.
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Hello! I was working on a drawing and the quality was high. However, when I saved it and re-opened the file to continue working on it, the quality of the picture went down and all of the details I had placed on it were now extremely pixelated. Is there anyway to fix this???
(I don’t know if this matters but I’m on an android tablet.)
Hi Leilani,
Maybe it is due to the two types of formats in digital drawing.
Usually, there is 1 format by default that is proper to the software (i.e .psd for Photoshop) and the common formats ready to use for publication such as .jpg or png.
It is essential to know both.
The default format will save the file at the original size, resolution, keep the layers separated, the vector lines if any… It is like a “MASTER FILE”. Anytime you want to do a modification, you have to refer to that document.
On the other side, the common format will get a lower resolution of your choice.
I guess your pixelated image is may due to a low resolution at export?
Maybe instead of centimeters, you wrote a document size in mm?
A minimum of dpi for a document is 72 dpi for a screen visualization.
Make sure you do not choose lower.
Hope it helps.
Cheers,
Chou-Tac
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