I don't use AI all the time, but thought I understood the best way to scale an AI image for export. But, following the technique, I'm getting some terrible quality export files. If someone sees something I'm missing....
I started with a 640x640 pixel artboard. No particular reason for the size choice.
The artboard contains 3 text entries, and an 8-point compass rose. The rose was built using the star tool, and some triangles. It ends up including 2 4-point stars, and 8 triangles used just for coloring.
The text entries are simple 2-3 word phrases.
After building the graphics and text, I selected all objects, and scaled them to 20%. Created a new artboard, and collapsed it around the graphics (Object>Artboards).
I then export to PNG using the artboards. With one named "100pct" and the other "20pct", the result of the export is the two files.
Given all the scaling appears to be vector objects, my expectation is the graphics in both files would be high quality.
But, when I place or insert the 20pct PNG image, it's quite grainy.
I actually get acceptable results by inserting the 100pct PNG image and then scaling it to 20%. But there, I'm changing bit images, so the tolerance won't be much.
What am I doing wrong using the approach of scaling vector images into their own artboards. Shouldn't I get equally good quality in each of the PNG files?