# kirupa.com - Creating a Retro Pixel Effect

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [November 24, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-creating-a-retro-pixel-effect/357731 "2014-11-24T14:35:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-creating-a-retro-pixel-effect/357731/1 "2014-11-24T14:35:47Z")

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by [kirupa](http://www.kirupa.com/about/whatiskirupa.htm) | 6 February 2012

I have this weird obsession - an obsession that involves taking normal things and making them look pixelated. For an example of this, check out the following box-art from one of the greatest movies of all time:

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/design/creating\_retro\_pixel\_effect.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/design/creating_retro_pixel_effect.htm)