Drawing a line 1-pixel wide the entire way through.

[Johnny Cage]

I've been able to get by so far without a real solution to this, but if anyone could help me figure out what I can do it'll eliminate an entire clean-up process and save a lot of time.In MS-Paint, when I would draw a 1-pixel line I would get this result:However, when I attempt something similar in Photoshop, I get this:Hopefully neither of these images are being resized/smoothed so what I'm trying to demonstrate is clear, but if it isn't, the line in MS-Paint is a simple 1-pixel line the entire way through. Trying to achieve this in Photoshop results in extra pixels being added along the line (not anti-aliasing alpha pixels, just extra black pixels) in order to "smoothen" it out, so it is no longer a true 1-pixel line. As of right now I'm having to create the entire object using these messier lines and go back over them manually with a 1x1 eraser tool to fix them up. Is there an option/plugin I can use/make to get good old-fashioned 1-pixel MS-Paint lines?Thanks a ton in advance.

 

[dv8_fx]

It's the way PS displays pixels. Don't zoom in. View normally.

It may look bigger than it actually is but I believe it will print a straight 1 pixel line.

 

[Johnny Cage]

Thanks for the quick reply dv8_fx.

I don't believe that at a 100% view Photoshop really does anything to display the image differently. For the particular art I'm doing (pixel art) I pretty much have to work with the images while zoomed in, so when I'm editing the image and I get close enough to see Photoshop's grid and see this:


I really can't assume anything other than the fact that Photoshop is actually adding pixels to the image. Both images I posted originally are at the same zoom level. If I were to go through the clean-up process in Photoshop on the second image, it would look just like the first image; I'd just like to skip said clean-up process.

Thanks again.

 

[dv8_fx]

Not sure how I can help you with this.

If you were to draw the line at a perfect 45degree angle using the pencil tool set at 1 pixel, you'll get the 1 pixel line you need. Anything off that will give you the extra pixels. Worse even if it were a cureved line or using the brush set at 1 pixel.

Let's see what others may say. They may have an idea for you.

 

[Scracky]

You sure you use the pencil tool? I just tested and i got clean 1px lines. Im trying to figure out what i could be, but it sounds really strange. :S

 

[Johnny Cage]

I'm using the Line Tool (one of the shapes under Hotkey U) and not the pencil tool. I did give the pencil tool a whirl though. If I shift-click point to point, it actually does give me the lines that I want. The only real drawback to the pencil tool is that I can't click and hold to see what the line will look like before I release it. This may sound like no big deal, but when I'm drawing things with the line tool I click, draw the line to where I feel it looks best, and release, man times and very quickly so it'll take some getting used to. If it outweighs the need to have an entire clean-up process however (and if it's my only real alternative), I suppose it's a no-brainer.

Thanks guys!

 

[Sierraccr]

I've had the same issue - the thing looks horrible up close with the line tool when you draw it but it will come together nicely when you click out of it to another layer.

 

[Hoogle]

You need to turn of anti alias select the line tool and choose the options highlighted
when drawing your line hold down the shift key

 

[Hoogle]

blue highlights standard line tool red shows shows if you have the line tool set up like I did in above picture


The only problem is it is a rasterised layer you have to work on you get a warning box come up before.

However I must point out the feather in the pixels will not show up in print it is just the way photoshop displays it.