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mrbobdobolina
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July 7, 2015

P: Photoshop 22.0: Where is Line Weight/Width and Pixels options?

  • July 7, 2015
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I'm having trouble using the Line Tool in PS 22.0.0. 

 

How do I set the width/weight of the line? In PS 21 there was a "Weight" option along the top bar, but I don't see that anymore. Am I missing it? Or did it move? 

 

This might be a separate issue, but the lines I'm drawing are not showing up. I have a fill color and stroke color selected, but when I make a line, I don't see it. I just see a blue outline of where it is... the same that might happen if I made a "path" instead of a "shape." 

 

I just need to make a line with a width/weight of 20px.

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676 replies

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November 14, 2020

Wow, I'm amazed, after using Photoshop since version 2.0 (yes I'm *that* old!), you manage to really screw up the simplest of all tools in Photoshop 20 versions later. This needs to be fixed ASAP.

The only work around I've found is to use rectangles. And when making thin rectangles you get no middle point to drag the rectangle to prolong it, now you have to guestimate with pixels, millimeters or inches. Very cumbersome.

Funny enough, when I made a line with arrow heads in each end of the line, only the arrow heads was showing. How's that even possible?!

Is Photoshop really improving each version, or is it getting worse? I dunno, but I can't afford to subscribe to Illustrator for some easy designs... and using lines is really as basic as design goes.

Looking forward an upgrade within a week or so, as it shouldn't be that hard to find the error!

Inspiring
November 13, 2020

@mark_dahm hallelujah

christinar90870321
Participating Frequently
November 13, 2020

*davearcade

Bravo!!!

P.S. I'm in love with the manual shifter reference. #SaveTheManuals

JemShaw
Inspiring
November 13, 2020

For those who are struggling to get a line to be visible, I've found if you switch between dotted and solid a few times, you usually end up with a visible line. That's right Adobe, not only was this a bad move, your new approach is bugged.

Yeah, we get it, the new approach has its advantages. But so does being able to draw lines the way we used to. Being able to drop the top of my car on a sunny day (we do occasionally get them in UK) is an advantage. However, the makers didn't decide to deprecate the roof altogether. I trust you see the relevance.

Oh, and please don't add another "legacy" feature. You've already downgraded the usability of the gradient tool and Save for Web with that bizarre piece of illogic.

lukeb34835997
Participating Frequently
November 13, 2020

*davearcade  

Well said.  Worth noting that Mark or someone else on the team has since changed this thread to "acknowledged" as opposed to "solved", which as silly as it may be, somehow does ease the stress for me. 

Your post is a good reminder that Adobe is in a somewhat unique position with such a long standing monopoly on the creative software market, they hold an incredible amount of responsibility when literally millions of professionals rely so heavily on their software to be a reliable tool.  I feel like sometimes their needed perspective of that responsibility is lost in the name of "improving", adding fancier features, and attracting more casual customers to the fold.  

Participating Frequently
November 12, 2020

*davearcade  You put a lot of work into that! I hope they hear all of us. I will be back on 2020 until this is fixed. 

lukeb34835997
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November 12, 2020

*jdearing couldn't you just install the previous version for now until Adobe addresses this in an update?  CC allows you to install the previous version, 2020.  

Ciellchan
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November 12, 2020

@mark_dahm Thank you very much!! I hope this can be done as soon as possible!

Inspiring
November 12, 2020

Through time tracking I was able to figure out that my efforts took me three hours longer than normal, not to mention the quality of work has definitely been degraded.  3 hours a day… 5 days a week = 15 hours. I'm losing about two days of productivity a week because of this. Thankfully I have an understanding manager,  but I doubt his bosses and our customers are going to be as understanding.

 I plead with you Adobe to get this back in.

Participating Frequently
November 12, 2020

@mark_dahm 

Really looking forward to having it restored! I'll be able to update photoshop to the new version again! I have had to go back to a previous version.