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Katherine Nayar
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July 3, 2018
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Invisible lines appearing in Photoshop

  • July 3, 2018
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Hello!

I'm hoping you can help me with a problem I am having... I have random, 'invisible' lines appearing when I paint in Photoshop (see pic below). It's like a little edge appearing...

I am using the latest Photoshop on Windows 10 64-bit - on the Surface Pro 4, with the latest surface pen.

I had a similar thing happen once before, where guides were 'getting in the way' and causing lines to appear jagged. The solution then was to turn of snapping.

This time, there are no guides or edges where these lines are occurring. Snapping is turned off. In fact, when you clear all guides etc, the problem is still there. Help!

Thank you!

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

I think you might have figured it out!

I'm using Kyle T Brushes - I've tried a few different ones, but it occurs on most of the rough ones.... So I had a look at the brush properties. The rough ones do, of course, have a texture applied. If I untick that box, the line is not there when used - but of course I need the texture there for it to look right... So I started playing with the scale of the texture. If I increase it a little, it appears as though the 'edge' of the texture moves toward the document edge. Increase it more, and the line disappears (so I'm guessing the edge of the texture has now extended beyond the document bounds)...

So it looks like this is the solution! Thank you SOOOOO much for your help! I was really at a loss.

Kathy


You might be able to amend the Pattern the Texture uses to be seamless.

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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July 3, 2018

Could you please post a screenshot taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Layers, Channels, Options Bar, …) visible?

Do the lines change with magnification?

Does turning off »Use Graphics Processor« in the Performance Preferences (Photoshop > Preferences > Performance > Graphic Processor Settings) and restarting Photoshop have any bearing on the issue?

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Katherine NayarAuthor
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July 3, 2018

Here's the full screen shot.

It does it no matter if I am zoomed in or out.

I tried turning off Use Graphics Processor and restarted Photoshop - but it actually makes it worse, with the 'paint' being visibly darker on the right side of the invisible line...

c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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July 3, 2018

Could you have been painting while a Selection was active?

The issue does persist when viewing only this one Layer?

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