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April 17, 2017
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Selection tool adds 1 pixel around my selection, even with snap to guides.

  • April 17, 2017
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Hi,

My mind is bending.

I am trying to select a rectangle which is enclosed in guides for maximum precision. I activated snap to guides but when I use the marquee tool it adds 1 pixel all around the selection, very close to the guides but never actually snapping to the guide which breaks my pattern. I have reset preferences, deactivated snap to guides and reactivated it.. but it won't happen.

What am I missing?

Thanks in advance.

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Bojan Živković11378569
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 29, 2017

Press Ctrl + R then look at Ruler. Check that guide is properly positioned at pixel (marching ants on screenshot) not between two pixels (guide on screenshot).

S_Gans
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 18, 2017

Please zoom way in. Check to see if your guides are at the edges of actual pixel squares, or situated in the middle of them.If you randomly create guides without watching where they end up (at the edge of pixels), you'll be disappointed because Photoshop only makes selections based on pixel edges. So, even with snapping to guides turned on, you'll get whole pixels.

One workaround may be to double your pixel resolution (or any variation of making a denser image). That way, your pixels seem smaller, relative to the content you've created, so you can create your guides at smaller increments.

Adobe Community Expert / Adobe Certified Instructor
Participant
April 18, 2017

Thank you, I will try this.

I'm working on a 72dpi image, by doubling to 150dpi won't I get a pixelated image?