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August 24, 2023
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Remove decimals from pixel measurements. Period.

I’m adding this as an “idea” conversation because I’m sure adding it as a “bug” would be useless. And I honestly don’t remember how long this has been going on. So let’s call this an “idea” to make Photoshop behave correctly.

 

If one drags out a guide, at any scale, it displays its position down to the tenth of a pixel. But... There’s no such thing as any fraction of a pixel! PERIOD!

 

So this is a suggestion to stop that from happening.

 

Why is this valuable to me? 1) My sanity. 2) Try teaching students that a pixel is the smallest part of a raster image and then pulling out a guide on a 72" screen, where the decimal guide position is clearly visible.

 

BTW: yes, I know that I can hold down shift and “snap” to whole pixel measurements. But I shouldn’t have to do that — if someone thinks they have a use for a decimal pixel guide, THEY should have to hold down shift, while the rest of us live in the real world where a pixel is defined as the smallest part of a raster image and definitions matter.