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

BTW, this may be a bug, not something that was done on purpose. All other shapes can still be drawn as pixels, so it does not seem to make sense that only the line pixel option was removed. I changed this from a 'Question' to a 'Problem'.

What stops you from using the line tool to draw a vector line, and then hit Cmd-E / Ctrl-E to merge that vector with the underlying layer? That will change the vector line to a pixel line.

I guess seen from a photographers point of view, might make sense

but I think Adobe have forgotten that the majority of professional illustrators are actually  using photoshop as their main application these days....

(Adobe Illustrator is for graphic/icon making) and it is really bad for all of us that this feature has been abandoned

Hi Johan

I mean the line tool... it no longer can draw in pixels

If I want to draw straight lines on some perspective part of my drawing, I was always able to use the line tool. with that I could make a straight line in any direction (with the pencil tool you can only do vertical or horisontal straight lines holding the shift key) In the updated version of Photoshop you can only use the Line tool for making shapes or vector lines, which is completely useless in my setup. I don't see how anybody can benefit from that....

Kind regards

Hans Henrik

What do you mean they deleted this? The pencil tool is still there, and so is its ability to draw straight lines when you hold the shift key. If you do not see the pencil tool, then you have selected a workspace where that tool is hidden. Click on the three dots all the way at the bottom of the tools panel.

Why the hell have you deleted the option of drawing straight lines (pixel-lines) in the new version of Photoshop?????? Will you please immediately change that back!!!!!!! it simply does not make sense. All the artists that rely on Photoshop will be furious when they eventually find out that this is done deliberately!!!!!!!!

-and what is the point?... How is that an improvement for anyone?

Thank you, Tom! I really appreciate that.it worked.

Yeah I'm with Jake on this, anyone using PS for doing line art using pixel lines is going to get super frustrated with this change. I posted about the update in my intro to perspective class. The teacher in the class was not let's just say "happy". We are talking about a long time professional. My two cents is reverse the change, you have to keep the illustrator and drawing professionals in mind when making changes to these tools.

I've personally gone back to the previous version of PS.

Thank you for taking the time and addressing our concerns.

@CMJRoss_CRE ,

> That still doesn't work to change the weight of the line itself

Is there a reason why you need the line itself to be anything other than zero pixels if the width of the stroke can be any stroke size? I suspect I'm missing something in your workflow that mandates that the lines be rectangles, but I'm not getting it yet; thanks for your patience.

On the arrowheads, the reason the arrowheads no longer scale to the weight of the line is because the line is always zero pixels; to get any arrowheads, it needed to be pixels.

It can be pretty convenient to save line presets in case you need to quickly switch between different arrowhead settings and line widths. Perhaps using presets can fully restore the quick access to the arrow + arrowheads that you need for your workflow.

*Blah_blob, The line tool switched from being a 4 point rectangle/line that could be stroked to a two point line with zero stroke (lines do not have weight; this is the same behavior for the pen tool when you create a segment). It was not an arbitrary change, but one based on the mechanics of the underlying switch.

The former pixel option did allow for lines to be drawn on the same layer, but that option is also possible with the "Combine Shapes" drawing mode (in the options bar) and this new design as well. Shortcut key is shift (release so as not to lock the angle).