Photoshop - Anti-alias - Options?

Ace-Angel

Hey to all,

I was wondering if there are any filters or methods which one could use to just generally AA their textures/picture/images.

I'm not talking about specific elements which use the 'feather edges' command, but something on a more batch/generic scale.

Example link: http://powerretouche.com/Antialias_plugin_tutorial.htm

Cheers and ciao.

passerby

work in doable size and down scale?

Ace-Angel

Yep, I already do that for bakes, but I was wondering more on the level of say an image you painted in Photoshop some time ago at a certain scale, and now want to super size it instead of painting it again.

I'm not sure if I'm making myself clear.

sinistergfx

This is really only intended for pixel art, but you may have somewhat decent results overscaling it and then resizing it back down in photoshop depending on how line-art-y or smooth it is:
http://code.google.com/p/hqx/

some examples:
http://www.hiend3d.com/hq4x.html

EDIT: There's also plugins like Genuine Fractals and the like, but that costs $.

Ace-Angel

Hmm, will need to look into that. Might do just what I need.

BTW, is this a viable solution in Photoshop? I never tried it since people tell me that blurring anything in Photoshop is destructive.
http://mierendo.com/tricks/image_antialiasing/

Racer445

if it works for your particular situation, then it's viable.

Acumen

That hq4x looks very intriguing however it can't be downloaded anymore from the site ?
Does anyone know where that can be found nowadays ?
Seems like a wonderful toy to experiment with for upscaling some graphics laying around.

arrangemonk

copy layer 2 times

on one layer edge detect (in photoshop a custom filter with atrix [0 -2 0,-2 8 -2,0 -2 0]

blur the result a bit
and blur the ohter copylayer the way the edges arent that hard

then use the edgedetection as mask for the blurred layer

Ace-Angel

Thanks ArrangeMonk! That is indeed nifty!