I don't know why but it looks like the pictures I posted looks artificially enhanced, like there's a filter applied to make it look more sharp. It might be fine for photos, but since I post digital art, it just makes the art look pixellated and "broken" instead of better. Basically similar to what Youtube did here.
Does anyone know if this is a setting that I can turn off?
the digital art pixelation thing is exactly what happens when tiktok runs its auto sharpening over clean linework. it turns smooth curves into jagged messes and makes all your careful anti aliasing look like a dogs breakfast. noticed it last month uploading some vector stuff i exported as png and it looked like a bloody jpeg from 2003.
no setting to turn it off sadly. the app just assumes everything is a photo and cranks the contrast and sharpness to make it pop on a phone screen. only workaround i found is to add a tiny bit of gaussian blur or noise to your export so the algorithm chills out a bit. it tricks the sharpening into thinking the image is already detailed enough and it leaves it alone.
still a pain in the arse but better than having your art look like a mosaic.
