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October 20, 2020
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Fixed: Pixels option is greyed out for Line tool Photoshop 22.0

  • 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

111 replies

Participant
November 9, 2020

This is incredibly frustrating, I'm sitting here trying to get client work done, and adobe randomly removes a feature I've been using all day everyday for years. 

Participating Frequently
November 9, 2020

In Photoshop 22 line tool cannot draw pixels. I really need this back to be able to manipulate masks with ease. (shift clicking a line with a brush doesnt work for me since I dont see the line created in real time.)

 

https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/photoshop/photoshop-220-where-is-line-weightwidth-and-pixels-options/5f9039ee917fbb3a9931cc53   <- in this thread many people have the same complaint. Topic states that there is official solution but in reality there is not. Please do not post recommendations of alternate methods of drawing a pixel line. They all include too many mouse clicks if you plan to draw simple lines constantly. Actually all the alternate methods make the basic line tools pixel mode seem even better.

 

The only acceptable solution for this is to bring back the deleted pixel mode of line tool. 

Participating Frequently
November 9, 2020

Why is this marked solved? This is not solved. Get your * together Adobe.

Inspiring
November 8, 2020

This is the most unecessary, ignorant and incompetent change I can think of in Adobe's history. It reveals what many have suspected for a long time - a growing disconnect between Adobe developers and design professionals. The feedback from senior industry figures to this issue has been significant  - the "solution" provided is far from a viable solution. Both an apology to the community and prompt revert of the Line Tool change is warranted.

If the Photoshop team leader who ok'd this change can't understand why its bad, then you should NEVER have been leading the team in the first place. You are not qualified. This change utterly exposes you as having a very small understanding of the industry, and going forward ignoring the issue and plotting your own bizare course will just make you look like an arrogant POS.

Its funny, a few year ago I consulted with an nVidia developer of the Mental Ray renderer. They had a similar mindset of making simple tasks more complicated. I warned them using six shader nodes for what before required two was a terrible idea. A year after our conversation they couldn't give the renderer away for free lol. The Adobe empire might be on a different scale but you clearly have the same cancer ingrained there and don't seem to care.

- Paul Gunson, Creative Director - Flame CGI, Auckland NZ

PBDsgn
Participant
November 8, 2020

Concept Artist for Film/TV here- please add the pixel option back to the Line tool.  I use it all the time, because it's quick, and much easier to drag out lines and actually see where they are going instead of guessing when you Shift+ Paintbrush, and having to undo and start all over.  You've taken something that was one step and made it into four or five.  This is why Procreate is eating your lunch.

KazVorpal
Participating Frequently
November 9, 2020

Is Procreate an alternative to Photoshop?

We've been discussing alternatives, mainly Affinity, and Clip Studio.

I like Affinity the most, so far.

It can do most of what PS does that matters, and is actually faster and more stable.

Participant
November 6, 2020

I am art director at Warner Brothers. Pixel mode is part of the work flow for artist. We need the Pixel option back asap.

nicolasb92966340
Participant
November 6, 2020

No, As a drawing comic book artist and not an illustrator user like yourself your solution is slow, cumbersome and not at all functional. This is a CORE tool i used to quickly draw a serie of lines in seconds to set up an illustration draw. I could then quickly earase the line as I saw fit. I don't have time to sift through endless shapes to adjust their vertex or weight! You guys are the worst.

Participant
November 5, 2020

This still does not work. I cannot change the thickness of my line using the stroke option.

How could Adobe take such a simple tool and screw it up so much!!!!!

Legend
November 4, 2020

Adobe is getting handed their head over at Photoshop Family.

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

Participating Frequently
November 4, 2020

Seriously? I'm a professional illustrator, and I absolutely need the line tool – to be precise: a line tool that's (a) pixelated, (b) visibly outlined while drawing (!!!), (c) attracted by grids and (d) switchable with just one click from the pencil tool – for my workflow! To me, this simple line tool is one of the core-and-key elements of any workable graphics program, and if Adobe insists on killing it, I'll finally have no choice but to look for an alternative. 

KazVorpal
Participating Frequently
November 5, 2020

I just reinstalled GIMP, which ultimately can do all of the same things, but without the more recent gimmicks that are essentially just ways of doing those things through automation.

But because it lacks those things, it runs MUCH faster. And is incalculably more stable. I'm so tired of Photoshop crashing, or mysteriously not updated part of the image, forcing me to restart it, or a dozen other bugs like that. And the lag...I have a very powerful machine, one adequate for modern games, and yet sometimes I have to restart it to get Photoshop to keep up with my pointer or pen. Again, some bug just makes it mysteriously laggy.

Does anyone know of another alternative that is equal to or better than GIMP?

Convergnt
Inspiring
November 5, 2020

You may find Affinity Photo useful. Opens .psds. It's a pro tool at a good price to keep in your back pocket for when PS stops the show.

 

I want to evangelize it's value and merit within an adobe workflow, but this isn't the place for that.