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Fixed: Pixels option is greyed out for Line tool Photoshop 22.0

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October 20, 2020
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I'm liking most of today's update for PShop, thanks Adobe.

But, I went to use the Line Tool (part of the Shape Tools) and the option to draw with pixels is grayed out. I can draw lines with paths and as a shape, but no longer with pixels. The pixels option is available for all the other shapes (square, ellipse, the new triangle, polygon, custom shapes, etc.), so I don't know why it wouldn't work for lines.

Does anyone know what happened?

{Moderator Note: PS-57177}

Correct answer Akash Sharma

Hi All,

Good news, the Pixels mode is now back. For more details on adjusting line weight see Create lines and arrows using the Line tool

To update Photoshop to 22.3, click "Update" in the Creative Cloud desktop app next to Photoshop. See: More detailed instructions for updating

Let us know your feedback!

Thanks,

Akash

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felix5EAE

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This was a staple tool to my process in photoshop ! please tell me it will be back .

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Eric Cosky

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I have now wasted nearly an hour trying to figure out why I can't draw rasterized lines. I still haven't figured out how to do it with this new workflow. This is an incredibly bad regression of a feature I use almost every single time I use Photoshop. Please restore the previous behavior.

Alexey Timoshenkov

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Make The Line Tool Great Again!!!

jsherm2.0

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Hilarious - and TRUE!

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Sixense

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Just chiming in with what I've said multiple times before on other issues with abrupt changes to the software that are completely out of left field.

As soon as another editing suite crops up with similar function to the base of ~2015 Photoshop, I'm moving my whole studio away from Adobe.

You guys just patch garbage in haphazardly and screw up thousands of people's work flow. It's gotten so bad I will sometimes just screen cap and use another program to add arrows, lines, and notation.

It's one problem after another with you guys. Like you've never heard the expression, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

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steve_cx

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Please return the line tool back to is previous useful version. The new one is way too cmplicated and time consuming to use.

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Anti-Alias

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It's coming back, I believe in the next update, according to Mark in the Photoshop Feedback forum. But I'm here to agree with you about how complicated that new vector line tool is. Wow.

Alexey Timoshenkov

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Please revive the Line Tool

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dayzed007

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This is absolute madness. How can anyone in the right minds think this was a smart move?

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dayzed007

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I now regret being an Adobe loyalist as long as I was. I went to Sketch and such tools kicking and screaming, but occationally when I come back to my Adobe Suite to do some classic work I find this nonsence. I am now realizing I don't miss it as much as I used to. thanks adobe. time to cancel CC and move on.

KazVorpal

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Is Sketch an alternative to Photoshop? That's one I haven't tried. I've used Affinity, GIMP, CLIP...I stay longer with them each time the bugginess, instability, and arrogant changes of the last two years drives me away.

Do you mean https://sketch.io/sketchpad/?

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nickmarshallvfx

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Can anyone from Adobe comment on the timeline for getting this fixed? Film VFX isn't able to work this way. I'm moving back to 2020 for me and my team for now but please can we get an official response from Adobe on whether this will be coming back or whether I need to be investigating an alternate software for our needs?

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Anonymous

Unbelievable!! Adobe strikes again!! I finally came looking to find out why "pixels" is greyed out when trying to use the line tool as I was doing very intricate work all day and this more than tripled the time to do what needed doing. Lo and behold, I find out it's a "removed feature". I wish I had a nickel for every time Adobe removed or made buggy a common, highly used feature in the name of an update. I could buy the company and turn it back into one that didn't seem to do it's best to tick off it's customers and to keep the program flowing smoothly. It's quite a good system Adobe has here. In days past, if they did this sort of thing, you could say to them that you'll forgo future versions until they fixed or put back stuff they broke or removed. If they didn't do it, there were consequences. Now, with the subscription model, you don't even get to use the old version if you don't maintain your subscription. Adobe gets paid regardless, so I guess they found the perfect model. Mess up the customer but with no consequences. I wish I were that smart a businessman, but then I'm not sure I'd sleep all that well at night. So, add my name to the list of really p.o.'d customers Adobe. Here's a DEMAND from a CUSTOMER (i.e. your boss) - PUT IT BACK!

Glenn

PS - under the Community guidelines you say, "Be kind and respectful..." . How about taking a little of your own advice?

jane-e

Community Expert

"Now, with the subscription model, you don't even get to use the old version if you don't maintain your subscription."

Hi @11575837

You have the option to keep or delete older versions when you install new versions. I have seven versions installed on one of my computers. Also, you can install the one previous version from the Creative Cloud app (PS 2020). Many have done this while they are waiting for a fix from Adobe.

If you roll back, be sure to back up all of your settings such as Actions, Brushes, Gradients, Shapes, etc., from their panel menus first.

Jane

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SpoonNZ

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Echoing the comments from the last 238 comments.

I use this for quickly annotating screenshots - paste, drop a couple of arrows on, then copy back out to Slack/email/etc. I can't figure out how to draw an arrow as a single step now. I've installed some arrow custom shapes which helps, but they're all oriented N/S/E/W, so I can't draw on an angle. The thickness etc. also changes based on the size so looks inconsistent and messy.

So how do I draw an arrow?

Convergnt

Inspiring

SpooNZ i think that may be one task that benefits from this vector line madness, if not in one-click:
the arrow option is under the Gear icon. Once you've formatted the arrow the way you like, you can save it as a preset for quick use the next time.