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Billy_Not_Really
Billy_Not_Really
May 11, 2023
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Image export is pixelated unless I'm zoomed in on it

  • May 11, 2023
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I have a big file with a lot of images. I often need to export these images in bulk, but the only way to do that is to zoom in on like 3 images at a time so they are loaded by Figma properly and then hit Export while they are still in view.
I don’t understand why doesn’t Figma load the images properly automatically before export. What’s funny this has gotten worse since I moved to a more powerful laptop. Images used to stay loaded while I’m in the same page of a file, now everything unloads as soon as I zoom out.

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Best answer by djv

We were hoping to give more context regarding images in Figma. Since you have a big file with a lot of images, this behavior is expected. The reason for the pixelation is because you’re hitting the browser tab memory limit when zoomed out, causing some exports to be “cut short”.

Exporting chunks is the only solution here, by splitting your file up so you’re not exporting too much at one time.

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djv
Figmate
djv
Community Support
May 11, 2023

Hey @Billy_Not_Really,

Sorry for the frustration! Figma stores both high-resolution and low-resolution versions of your images. High-resolution images are images larger than 512 by 512 pixels.

Figma only downloads high quality versions of images in your current viewport. For images outside your current view, Figma loads a lower quality version. This improves performance when you first load a file.

If you have a lot of high-resolution images in a file, your images may look blurry at first. Figma will load high-resolution images as you explore the file.

More info here:

Figma Help Center
Billy_Not_Really
Billy_Not_ReallyAuthor
May 12, 2023

However, it doesn’t. For me at least. That’s what this thread is about.

djv
Figmate
djvAnswer
Community Support
May 12, 2023

We were hoping to give more context regarding images in Figma. Since you have a big file with a lot of images, this behavior is expected. The reason for the pixelation is because you’re hitting the browser tab memory limit when zoomed out, causing some exports to be “cut short”.

Exporting chunks is the only solution here, by splitting your file up so you’re not exporting too much at one time.

Vincent2
Vincent2
New Member
June 8, 2023

hahaha, this is not a solution, you cannot write “solution” here. Imagine have to export 70’000 assets. Or maybe ok, it’s a solution, but you come and you do it for me, and for free of course

Vincent2
Vincent2
New Member
June 8, 2023

You cannot give a piece a software, say that this software can export assets, and then later say “oh by the way, the memory is very limited, so you won’t be able to export a lot of them, and we don’t have other solutions then letting you spend several days doing something that would have taken a few minutes only if we thought about letting a Mac Studio use all it’s available memory”

Soft_Tech_Girl
Soft_Tech_Girl
July 20, 2024

this is so frustrating, i’ve tried EVERYTHING yet the exports are still blurry, my memory usage is at 2% !

Can anyone pls help, i’m on a time line!

    Gayani_S
    Figmate
    Gayani_S
    Community Support
    July 22, 2024

    Hey @Soft_Tech_Girl, thank you for reaching out!

    You might need a higher-resolution export, I’d suggest either exporting your frame at X2 or increasing the frame size.

    Exporting at 2x in Figma means exporting at retina resolution, which is equivalent to the same resolution with double the DPI. This is why exporting at 1x may result in a blurry image on devices with retina displays.

    Please let me know if that works!

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