# Resized (smaller) look pixelated?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resized-smaller-look-pixelated/284367>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 18, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resized-smaller-look-pixelated/284367 "2009-03-18T14:15:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![JR01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@JR01](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JR01)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/resized-smaller-look-pixelated/284367/1 "2009-03-18T14:15:23Z")

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Sorry I’m fumbling my way through this. Why when I take a file that’s huge and resize it smaller does it look so pixelated? I have on smoothing and the file looks great until I make it smaller… I’m so confused, what am I doing wrong ?

Thanks