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I have been able to find 160x160 pixel emoji PNGs from iOS (actually WhatsApp but they are roughly the same set). These only show up as 1x when I import them into XCode 7 though.

Is there a way using Photoshop / OS X or similar to create high-resolution (retina friendly even, if possible) Emoji for use in an iOS game utilizing SpriteKit to animate the emoji?

Thanks in advance.

railsguy42
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    This doesn't appear to be a programming question. It's more about creating artwork. – rmaddy Dec 31 '15 at 04:49
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    @CongTran Please don't abuse code tags. They should only be used for inline code, not for nouns like "Photoshop" or "emoji". –  Dec 31 '15 at 04:54
  • @duskwuff thanks for your advance. i will keep in mind in the next time – Cong Tran Dec 31 '15 at 04:57

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The "Apple Color Emoji" font that's used to render emoji in Mac OS X and iOS uses PNG bitmaps for the glyphs. The 160x160 graphics you've found are the largest ones available in the font — sorry! If you want something larger, you'll need to draw it yourself.

A tool to extract the images is available at: https://github.com/tmm1/emoji-extractor

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If they don't need to be the Apple version, you can always download the collection of emoji from Emoji One. They're available in PNG and SVG formats under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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