# Why are my objects looking like cartoons?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-my-objects-looking-like-cartoons/4888>\
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**Created:** [August 23, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-my-objects-looking-like-cartoons/4888 "2002-08-23T21:00:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![dellybelly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@dellybelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dellybelly)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-my-objects-looking-like-cartoons/4888/1 "2002-08-23T21:00:28Z")

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if i do an animation with a circle or a square and preview them in the export editor they suddenly appear cartoonish in the preview and export editor. how can i change that?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-are-my-objects-looking-like-cartoons/4888/2 "2002-08-25T22:39:17Z")

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All you have to do is…while in the preview and export editor click **Fill Options** in the output options box and then pick Mesh Gradiant shading from the fill style dropdown menu. That should solve the problem because it is probably rendering with cartoon average fill as default.