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Resolution Features

Opacity is designed for resolution independence from the beginning and has several features that will help you draw images that will look great at different resolutions.

Resolution Features:

Vectors in Opacity are a great way to design for multiple resolutions. Vectors are drawn in each resolution so they always look crisp.

The Align Pixels option for vectors helps you make each vector look even sharper. When this option is turned on, Opacity optimizes the position of the vector so that it aligns well with the pixel grid. Usually this makes the vector look much better, but if it interferes with your design you can always turn it off in the Vector Inspector.

You can use resolution variables to hide image details at lower resolutions. A resolution variable lets you indicate a minimum resolution as a condition, and you can then bind the visibility of a vector or even a whole layer to that resolution variable.

Similarly, you can use calculation variables for more advanced access to the resolution (for example set a stroke to "1 / resolution").

You can also specify the size of many features in pixels (px) instead of points (pt) so that they will stay the same at different resolutions instead of scaling. This is most useful for the stroke width, which you could set to 1px so that it always shows as a crisp one pixel line.

You can also use pixels at any resolution to make small tweaks to your image that can be different for each resolution.

Related Topics

Pixels vs Vectors

Variable Types