pixel pollution

[MissMegano]

Okay, I'm really sorry if this is the wrong place to ask a question, but I've been looking everywhere, and this seems like the only place that could be it.

When I make a sprite, whether it's a scratch, revamp, etc., it's fine until I save it. But once I try to open it up later, there are pixels everywhere. Places that were one solid color become messes of various shades of that color. Even the white space around the sprite has shades of grey foating in the air. I use MS Paint, by the way. Can anyone tell me why this is and how I can keep it from happening?

 

[Allstories]

You're probably saving it as a JPG or something instead of a BMP or a PNG.

 

[MissMegano]

Oh, thank you! that solved the problem. ..I feel dumb because the answer was so simple. :D

 

[doesn't matter]

Simple inquiries such as this should be placed in the Spriters Showcase/Discussion thread, but seeing as a response has already been received, I'll just close this thread.

MissMegano, it's a mistake a lot of first timers make, so don't worry too much about it.

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