Photo export with changed size always very blurry compared to Affinity Photo or Mac Preview

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2023-05-04 15:01:25

Hi, as much as I like Pixelmator Pro, I am not happy with export quality, since longer time. I take photos, work on these, and when I want to export those with smaller size the image quality of these exported jpegs (100%quality) is pretty poor.

So as a workaround I export 100% size, and then use preview app or affinity photo to downscale and export this photo. Quality is better on both apps. Why are Pixelmator Pro exported jpegs so poor quality, can this be improved somewhere? And why there is no better export settings possible. In Affinity Photo I can change settings to get better results.

This is not a "Pro" behaviour I must say, as much as I like this app for most of the time.

Affinity Photo:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bmu1yk4z2hhkw ... o.jpg?dl=0

Apple Preview:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kk6gppbg3l5ro ... w.jpg?dl=0

Pixelmator Pro:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8gx5cpfylh0tk ... o.jpg?dl=0

The Pixelmator Pro photo looks, as if there is an unsharpen filter added!