{"id":25048,"date":"2018-09-14T15:05:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T19:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/?p=25048"},"modified":"2022-11-01T16:05:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T20:05:17","slug":"how-to-resize-pixel-art-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/basics\/how-to-resize-pixel-art-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Resize Pixel Art in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Need to resize pixel art? Learn how to enlarge your artwork and keep those blocky shapes looking crisp and sharp with Photoshop!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to get great results when resizing pixel art in Photoshop! Pixel art is different from standard images and presents unique challenges when resizing it. Normally when enlarging an image and adding more pixels, Photoshop tries to prevent the result from looking blocky and pixelated by blending the pixels together and smoothing everything out. <\/p>\n

But "blocky and pixelated" is the whole point of pixel art! So to resize pixel art, we need a way for Photoshop to just add more pixels, and that's it. Instead of smoothing things out, we need to keep the shapes and the edges of the artwork looking crisp and sharp. In this lesson, I'll show you exactly how to do it.<\/p>\n

Along with resizing pixel art, I also use this same technique for resizing screenshots used in my tutorials. And you can use it to resize any graphic where you need to maintain sharp, hard edges or readable text. To get the best results with this lesson, you'll want to be using Photoshop CC<\/a>, but any version of Photoshop will work.<\/p>\n

I'll use this little pixel art character<\/a> that I downloaded from Adobe Stock:<\/p>\n\"Pixel\n

Our pixel art hero. Credit: Adobe Stock.<\/div>\n

This is lesson 7 in my Resizing Images in Photoshop<\/a> series.<\/p>\n