Comments on: The Sims 4: Blurry Screenshots Since the Latest Patch (BUG) https://simsvip.com/2018/08/02/the-sims-4-blurry-screenshots-since-the-latest-patch-bug/ Sims 4 News and Game Guides Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: SL Leng https://simsvip.com/2018/08/02/the-sims-4-blurry-screenshots-since-the-latest-patch-bug/#comment-701339 Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:09:00 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=109226#comment-701339 It seems the game is basically taking screenshots at 50% of resolution, then re-saving them as your currently played resolution resulting in some pretty blurry images. They look normal if you resize them to 50% in size. But then you got a smaller image… but appears to look sharper. I guess you could also sharpen them but that results in a larger file size and adds a bit of noise.

I normally only play this game at 2560×1080, which is 1080p ultrawide. What i think i’ll do is play it a 4k ultrawide 5120×2160 as a temporary fix. I normally don’t run at this resolution since its fairly pointless since the ingame antialiasing takes out edges well. But this will fix the screenshot problem since i can take the 4k image, and use a batch script to rescale my images to 50% smaller and end up with a 1080p image that looks about as good as you can get until they fix this bug.

Luckily this game barely uses any GPU resources so i can do this without much problem on a 1080gtx. Will be a big problem for people running this on a weaker gpu and for that i guess they may have to take screenshots using another program like MSI afterburner… but with that it won’t hide the UI in the screenshots since its an outside screen capture program.

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By: Wendy MidnightPearl Simmer https://simsvip.com/2018/08/02/the-sims-4-blurry-screenshots-since-the-latest-patch-bug/#comment-701284 Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:41:00 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=109226#comment-701284 same, I need to upload new recolours, hope EA fixes this soon!

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By: Paige McNulty https://simsvip.com/2018/08/02/the-sims-4-blurry-screenshots-since-the-latest-patch-bug/#comment-701239 Tue, 07 Aug 2018 01:31:00 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=109226#comment-701239 Man it’s been a while. I really hope they fix this issue soon. :/

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By: Facsimiles https://simsvip.com/2018/08/02/the-sims-4-blurry-screenshots-since-the-latest-patch-bug/#comment-701085 Sat, 04 Aug 2018 03:20:00 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=109226#comment-701085 Lightroom is better than Photoshop for sharpening imo. There’s toggles for sharpening in the develop mode (as well as noise reduction to reduce grain if you over sharpen). Not to mention you can reduce clarity in areas where you perhaps want less DoF (depth of field, which the suns game calibrated naturally when going into tab mode to screenshot). You can get a free trial of Lightroom from Adobe for 7 days.

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By: Kenta https://simsvip.com/2018/08/02/the-sims-4-blurry-screenshots-since-the-latest-patch-bug/#comment-701074 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 23:25:00 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=109226#comment-701074 Not sure if there are any programs that can really fix images already taken. If you have it, give Photoshop a try.

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By: Simone Campbell https://simsvip.com/2018/08/02/the-sims-4-blurry-screenshots-since-the-latest-patch-bug/#comment-700991 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:45:00 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=109226#comment-700991 Does anyone know of any programs that could sharpen/fix the screenshots already taken?

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By: DreamaDove https://simsvip.com/2018/08/02/the-sims-4-blurry-screenshots-since-the-latest-patch-bug/#comment-700990 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:22:00 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=109226#comment-700990 Another great program is Greenshot! I love that you can choose what portion of the screen you want saved. You can change the settings to save each pic to whatever folder you wnat. I use it for school a lot.

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By: Amy B https://simsvip.com/2018/08/02/the-sims-4-blurry-screenshots-since-the-latest-patch-bug/#comment-700987 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:57:00 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=109226#comment-700987 All of this means yet more patches, and more updating of CC. Never Ending cycle lol

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By: Amber Short https://simsvip.com/2018/08/02/the-sims-4-blurry-screenshots-since-the-latest-patch-bug/#comment-700986 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:18:00 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=109226#comment-700986 I thought the same too, I even cleaned my glasses thinking it might have been dirt on my glasses

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By: JackSawyerIsTheBest https://simsvip.com/2018/08/02/the-sims-4-blurry-screenshots-since-the-latest-patch-bug/#comment-700984 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:42:00 +0000 https://simsvip.com/?p=109226#comment-700984 Aah I was wondering if my eyes were failing me haha

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