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rollsnut
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February 7, 2017
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PS CC...frustration, not sure how to identify query

  • February 7, 2017
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I perplexed. I am using PS CC. I am recreating a graphic from a scan. I created a “working” layer which I used to redraw the lines pixel by pixel. I have found this the only way, for now, to re-create as exact as possible clean, crisp, lines so my final produce is crisp and clean.

Scanning some older pieces the blacks don’t come out totally black, etc.

Over the days of working on it I would open the file and my crisp, clean lined were still there and I would continue my work. Today when I opened the file the lines are not clean and adjoining pixels are “shadowy.”

I have my pencil settings at 100% opacity and my erase settings also 100%.

I use this method because generally if I take the scan into AI and do a trace it results in a too smooth result.

I’m not sure what is happening and am willing to learn how to prevent this in the future.

Thanks for any insight.

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    Correct answer davescm

    Have you transformed , resized  or rotated the image at all?

    What you are seeing is anti aliasing to prevent diagonal lines looking jagged. The pencil tool will not draw with anti-aliasing - but if the resulting pixels are resized or rotated with anything other than "nearest neighbour" set as the interpolation type then the anti aliasing will be applied.

    Dave

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    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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    February 7, 2017

    Could you please post screenshots taken at View > 100% including the Options Bar and Brush Panel?

    What is the Brush Hardness, is some Pressure Sensitivity setting involved, …?

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    rollsnutAuthor
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    February 7, 2017

    I hope this is what you want but it is at 400% to show the pixelation\shadowing that was NOT there when I closed the file. I have used this process before with varying results...today just tipped the frustration scale!

    davescm
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    davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    February 7, 2017

    Have you transformed , resized  or rotated the image at all?

    What you are seeing is anti aliasing to prevent diagonal lines looking jagged. The pencil tool will not draw with anti-aliasing - but if the resulting pixels are resized or rotated with anything other than "nearest neighbour" set as the interpolation type then the anti aliasing will be applied.

    Dave

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