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zacharym14758245
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January 6, 2024
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Selection issue/question

  • January 6, 2024
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Hey everyone, I'm having an issue with selections not coming out smooth even with anti aliasing on. Is this just how photoshop works because its pixel based or is there a way I can get the selection to not be wavy and snap to the pixels?

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    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    January 6, 2024

    In raster image editing, the pixel is the atom. A pixel can't be divided.

     

    However, an individual pixel can be partially selected. A selection is a continuous scale from not selected to fully selected. The selection edge you see, the marching ants, just marks the 50% line. To one side they're more than 50% selected; to the other less than 50% selected.

     

    Press Q to enter Quick Mask mode, and you'll see that.

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      zacharym14758245Author
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      January 6, 2024

      Thank you, I figured as much but wasn't entirely sure. I've just been getting frustrated with trying to make a selection and get a layer styles stroke to show up without having jagged edges and I saw the selection was being modified to snap to the pixels.

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