particle spritesheet animation is pixelated even when filtering is on

DJM

how come my sprite sheets for particle animations are pixelated? ive set the import setting to filtering on ,but they are still not smooth. is there a way to crank up the filtering or something?

cybereality

It may just be the source texture. Filtering helps but won't add detail where it's not there. So if the original image is low resolution, there is not too much you can do.

Calinou

The texture is being displayed with filtering, but your source texture is low-resolution. If you want it to look smoother, consider running an AI upscaling algorithm over the source texture (such as waifu2x or ESRGAN).

DJM

@Calinou said: The texture is being displayed with filtering, but your source texture is low-resolution. If you want it to look smoother, consider running an AI upscaling algorithm over the source texture (such as waifu2x or ESRGAN).

its actually a 4k sprite sheet, it did look smooth in unity, weird ill just do another simulation with less sprites but each sprite at a higher resolution

cybereality

Maybe 4K for the whole sprite sheet but how big is each frame?

DJM

@cybereality said: Maybe 4K for the whole sprite sheet but how big is each frame?

512pix,

i just did a new simulation and made a4 k spritesheet with 1024 sprites. still pixelated.

cybereality

Can you send me a reproduction project? I can take a look on my end.

DJM

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ptnJMh_yCU98m5vz3NXtDmKADOL9iYX3/view?usp=sharing

heres one sprite im using in a spatial billboard material with animation on 4*4

try it yourself , maybe im doing something wrong

cybereality

Looks okay to me. I used AnimatedSprite3D.

DJM

@cybereality said: Looks okay to me. I used AnimatedSprite3D.

im using a particle system

Megalomaniak

Yes, but why? I'd get using a particle system for sparks and such but the flame for a torch probably makes more sense as a (Animated)Sprite.

DJM

@Megalomaniak said: Yes, but why? I'd get using a particle system for sparks and such but the flame for a torch probably makes more sense as a (Animated)Sprite.

thought that didnt make a difference on the visual quality.

Megalomaniak

Yeah I do find it a bit odd too, but if another solution can solve the need as well or better then perhaps debugging the issue here with particles might not be the best use of your time, is what I'm thinking.

Of course if you have a specific reason why you need to use particles for this then it might well be worth exploring further.

DJM

im used of working with particles in unity, im just getting into using godot, so i dont really know the best practices yet

cybereality

Well particle system should still work without quality loss, but in any case I think that using an AnimatedSprite3D is a better fit for this type of effect.

DJM

@cybereality said: Well particle system should still work without quality loss, but in any case I think that using an AnimatedSprite3D is a better fit for this type of effect.

the qualty loss shouldnt be happening right? its strange as id prefer using a bilboarded particle same thing is happening with my explosion particlesheets. those i cannot use with sprite3d

Megalomaniak

If you can create a reproduction file/project and share it perhaps we can help debug it, if it is a bug then it can be confirmed and perhaps reported to the tracker.

DJM

@Megalomaniak said: If you can create a reproduction file/project and share it perhaps we can help debug it, if it is a bug then it can be confirmed and perhaps reported to the tracker.

ok how do i create a reproduction file? just a zipfile from a project?

Megalomaniak

Something that only features the issue, no bloat. And in a zip archive yeah.

DJM

ive added the spritesheet of the torchflame, it used to look smooth in unity, i dont know what im doing wrong