# Fireworks - Paths & Pixelation (stuck!)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fireworks-paths-pixelation-stuck/184329>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [April 4, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fireworks-paths-pixelation-stuck/184329 "2006-04-04T11:35:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![t8ddw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@t8ddw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/t8ddw)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fireworks-paths-pixelation-stuck/184329/1 "2006-04-04T11:35:43Z")

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Right… where am I going wrong?

Took a photo (jpg), cut-out section I wanted, converted marquee to path, then was disappointed that it was pixelating… so, tried the hard-fill, feather, anti-alias… but all still pixelate badly.

So… copy the path over into a new file PNG… still pixelating!

How do I get a path to do normal clean vector fills???

Cheers…

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**Author:** ![liquify](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@liquify](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/liquify)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fireworks-paths-pixelation-stuck/184329/2 "2006-04-07T16:57:53Z")

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are you sure your zoom is 100%? fireworks usually pixelates everything when magnification ist not 100%…

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**Author:** ![CanisMajor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@CanisMajor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CanisMajor)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fireworks-paths-pixelation-stuck/184329/3 "2006-04-07T18:03:50Z")

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what was/is the quality of the .jpg?

Is is a photo you took or got off the web?

I wonder how many times it has been manipulated before you got it.

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**Author:** ![t8ddw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@t8ddw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/t8ddw)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fireworks-paths-pixelation-stuck/184329/4 "2006-04-08T02:14:08Z")

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I ripped it off the net… but that shouldn’t matter, as I just used that to create some paths. Then delete the rest of the JPG and copy it over the PATH only into the PNG.

Then… do a simple fill on it. Then when zooming-in it pixelates, whereas I would expect Fireworks to re-render as a vector object and make it nice-n-smooth for me.

Then again, just tried drawing a plain circle, and zooming in, and that pixelates also. Try it yourself… really annoying when you’re trying to work on a big piece and what to zoom-in to touch-up the details.

Verdict: BACK TO ILLUSTRATOR & P-SHOP!! :mario:

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**Author:** ![DDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DDD](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DDD)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fireworks-paths-pixelation-stuck/184329/5 "2006-04-08T16:03:13Z")

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yea, that is normal, the pixelation of paths. I would use illustrator if you need to zoom in of paths. I think of FW as a vector web tool.