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  • jagged edges on shape layer

    Posted by Sean Platt on August 4, 2017 at 5:26 pm

    Hey guys, simple question. I have a shape layer that appears to be jagged on the edge and curious whether there is something that can smooth it out–like anti-aliasing. it is set at best quality and rendered at full resolution, no compression and yet still has a bit of jaggedness (like along the pixel range). It is an angled path shape created on a shape layer. I have attached a screenshot that hopefully gets the point across. The shape in question is the yellow shape especially where it overlaps the light blue shape. Does anyone know of a way to smooth this out anymore? Thanks for your help! AE CS6

    Sean Platt replied 8 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Sean Platt

    August 4, 2017 at 6:06 pm

    Hi Dave, it is for a Facebook video banner. So yes, close to 400px at 312px. To me, it just seemed more pronounced than normal, and it may be due to the contrast. I figured it might be normal, but I still have a lot to learn in AE and wondered whether there might be something I am missing here. Perhaps not in this case :). Thanks for the feedback!

  • Steve Bentley

    August 4, 2017 at 7:21 pm

    You can add a hint of blur and that will antialias it a little more. Use gaussian so you can do sub 1 pixel values.

  • Sean Platt

    August 4, 2017 at 7:44 pm

    That did the trick. Thanks Steve!

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