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

[mrbobdobolina]

I'm having trouble using the Line Tool in PS 22.0.0. 

How do I set the width/weight of the line? In PS 21 there was a "Weight" option along the top bar, but I don't see that anymore. Am I missing it? Or did it move? 

This might be a separate issue, but the lines I'm drawing are not showing up. I have a fill color and stroke color selected, but when I make a line, I don't see it. I just see a blue outline of where it is... the same that might happen if I made a "path" instead of a "shape." 

I just need to make a line with a width/weight of 20px.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

@Tom Winkelmann I can see the properties panel, but how do you use it to draw a line? It just gives me a weird line with an arrow at both ends. 

[Dprog]

I was hoping this would be fixed in 22.1 update.

No joy.

Adobe you've dropped some real clangers in recent times but this one is right up there.

Is there an open beta people can join to give feedback so features like this aren't stillborn?

[dgrainger]

Read the comments from Adobe scattered about in this lengthy thread;  you will find out a lot that may be helpful.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

I reinstalled Photoshop 2020. I'll just use that version until Adobe restores the legacy line tool. Hopefully, they will figure out how to do so while also maintaining the new line tool, which I'm sure has its uses. 

[Mark C. Dahm]

The Path Options you showed above governs the width of the line that represents the stroke of the path, but not the 'width' of the pixels of the line; to set the stroke (and effectively width), use the Stroke controls:

[Mark C. Dahm]

@Cyrille Poussin , the thickness of a line is controlled by the stroke control:

Though as many have pointed out, there were additional capabilities, especially around drawing in pixel mode, that we are working on delivering, and soon. The changes were not complete enough to include in the December 2020 release, but we are working on restoring these key aspects of the former line tool and getting that out to you as soon as possible.

[Mark C. Dahm]

@Tom Winkelmann , I am sorry we weren't able to wrap up the line tool restoration in time for the December release, but we will be delivering adjustments soon.

[Mark C. Dahm]

@Deono , the December release was closed to code updates at a time where our tool conversation was still active. We are working on restoring the missing aspects of the former line tool as soon as possible.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

It's a slap in the face to the massive group of people who primarily use Photoshop for pixel-based art in the worlds of illustration and concept art to hamstring our workflows like this. There is already illustrator for in-depth vector workflows, and I'm sure it's lovely to have the option in PS, but taking away tools and workflows that people have used for years is tone deaf to say the least.

This is the first instance that's left me exploring alternatives to Photoshop for the business where I work as art director. 

[ReneDamkot]

@mark_dahm I sincerely hope that includes 'being able to create a path/ vector mask with it'…

[Dprog]

@DGrainger 

Unfortunately not. I just want to be able to draw a line in pixels without any other steps like I've done since PS 2.0 on disk.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

@mark_dahm  Thank you and please, please, please bring this back as soon as possible. As an architect and concept artist I use the pixel setting daily. This has destroyed my workflow. Especially for snapping to angles. Being forced to use shapes and a new layer for each line makes the line tool completely useless for my purposes.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Thank you Mark. Will restoring the pixel option be included in the restoration? As many have stated in this forum this simple feature was/is critical to our workflow. So much so, that if it doesn't come back many of us (including concept artists, comic artists, and architects) will be looking for an alternative to Photoshop. Also, a nice addition would be the ability to snap to 5 or 10 degree increments instead of just 45. 

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Where is my pixel line tool?  It's there, but greyed out.

I'm a professional concept artist and designer and have been using photoshop for decades. I absolutely need the photoshop pixel line. It's useful for a million things, like drawing perspective lines, adding a harder edge to a vehicle, drawing buildings... If you had consulted with actual artists about your new line tool, you would realize that the barebones, basicness of the tool is what makes it so useful.  ALL OF MY COWORKERS ABSOLUTELY HATE THE CHANGE.  PLEASE, PLEASE bring it back!!!   now i need to revert to an older version of PS in order to be as productive as I need to be.  You did a bad thing.

[mickspawn]

when in the hell will the line tool work as before?  i used to drag and make simple arrows on drone shots to indicate points of interest.  now i cannot do this.  it is driving me insane.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

@michael_r 

As time goes by I get the sense that Adobe is NOT going to restore this. Like most things in life if you wait long enough the disgruntled public (customers) will burn out and eventually just accept their fate. 

[Dprog]

They need to. The new one is useless. Every time you pick it up you need to change the stroke alignment to actually see anything.

It's a superb example of making things more complex than it needs to be. It's actually easier to have a set of pre-made lines with arrows in a file that can be translated into the right position.

What is really concerning is the lack of apparent awareness of the problem it's created.

The fix is very simple, go back to exactly what was there before.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Please bring back the pixel option for the line tool. It completely ruins the workflow for almost everyone in the entertainment design industry including concept artists for video games and movies. There is absolutely no good reason to get rid of it. using the rectangle tool is NOT  the same thing because you dont get the same pixel width without manually adjusting it every time. BRING IT BACK

[DeonOj]

Thanks Mark. Now we have something to look forward to for next year... just please don't say the save & revert commands are the next to go legacy! (Autosave only would be a terrible idea too.)  

Have a happy Holiday!

[Mylène C.]

@mark_dahm  Still waiting for the pixel line tool to be back 😕 Is it normal to pay for and use an OLD version of photoshop to make it ? Is is this complicated to bring it back ? Please, do something

[patrick157F]

In my 30 years plus years of Photoshopping their decision to remove the line tool functionality has to be the most monumentally inept decision I've encountered. I'm also forced to revert to PS 2020. I want to add my voice to those whose workflow has been ruined. And I don't want to hear any more of their insulting 'workaround' nonsense. I totally concur with all those here who have expressed how Adobe's bungle shows an astonishing ignorance and disregard for their graphic artist user base.

[jakeM]

I'm really trying to figure out how this has to do with the line tool. 

[lukeb34835997]

@steve rudd  Please stop.  Nothing your saying has anything to do with this conversation.  Your comments are inappropriate and don't belong in this forum thread.  

[JemShaw]

Well, it added nothing and wasted everyone's time. Sounds pretty close to me! 

[Dprog]

@jake_m 

because you'd need a really good line tool to link it all up if you had to 😄