Drawing a solid Dot

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ashparvez
Dec 8, 2005
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Hi,

Photoshop 7

Once I select a brush with single pixel diameter (I could find one in dry media brushes), and draw a straight line (vertical or horiz.), it draws a solid single-pixel line alright. There is no shade OR anything whatsoever, even when I zoom the image.

However, when I zoom the image say 400 %, and draw a line with same settings – no chage whatsover – there appears a shade (mostly on right side). Rarely the shade isn’t there – I have done it a few hundred time but couldnt notice any change in my drawing method/mouse clicking or anything for that matter.

Any ideas?

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Tacit
Dec 8, 2005
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However, when I zoom the image say 400 %, and draw a line with same settings – no chage whatsover – there appears a shade (mostly on right side). Rarely the shade isn’t there – I have done it a few hundred time but couldnt notice any change in my drawing method/mouse clicking or anything for that matter.

Any ideas?

The "shading" you are seeing is antialiasing.

The paintbrush tool is antialiased. The pencil tool is not. If you don’t want antialiasing, use the pencil tool.


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edjh
Dec 8, 2005
tacit wrote:
In article ,
wrote:

However, when I zoom the image say 400 %, and draw a line with same settings – no chage whatsover – there appears a shade (mostly on right side). Rarely the shade isn’t there – I have done it a few hundred time but couldnt notice any change in my drawing method/mouse clicking or anything for that matter.

Any ideas?

The "shading" you are seeing is antialiasing.

The paintbrush tool is antialiased. The pencil tool is not. If you don’t want antialiasing, use the pencil tool.
In addition, however close you are zoomed in does not affect the actual file, only how you see it onscreen.


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rumpledickskin
Dec 9, 2005
Did I hear you say, "Polyamory."
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Tacit
Dec 10, 2005
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rumpledickskin wrote:

Did I hear you say, "Polyamory."

You did indeed.


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