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.

[photosbyiki]

Don't get me wrong, I among many love new features but removing a fundamental tool in the Photoshop package is completely asinine.  The removal of this tool has increased my work x3.  Let me give you my example.

I have a layer mask that needs refining.  In this example, I have lots of straight edges.  So I select the layer mask, grab the line tool and add a line where I need to contract or expand the mask.  Easy right??
Well NOT anymore!  I try to draw the line and it creates a new layer for it, cause it's now a Shape or a Path.  So then I have to flatten that layer by adding an empty layer below it, then I make that a b&w image, then I go into the layer mask and paste and flatten my new addition. 

I mean seriously Adobe, why did you do this?
I can't believe how furious I am right now.

[kiddacc]

Don't even know why you are being polite.
They have been breaking core functions of the software for far too long now and take 6 months to fix what wasn't broke in the first place. Just because some idiot thought it would be a good idea to change what people have been using for 20 plus years.

Just done a new update today. And it still isn't fixed. 

I actually dread updating any adobe software now. Just bloated crap, with memory leaks and constant freezes. 

[kiddacc]

Its not reassuring that someone thought it was a good idea to break this in the first place. 

[JemShaw]

OK, so I wasn't expecting the line tool to be mended, but it would be kinda nice if the latest update could open a file. First four tries, no effect at all. Nothing opened, not so much as a twitch. Next two tries, twirly wait cursor, then... nothing. Next try, our old favourite, "Program Error". All drivers updated, all Windows updates installed. Next is delete my preferences and have to rebuild my workspace from scratch - again.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

@mark_dahm any eta on this, I echo what everyone else is saying here

[christinar90870321]

@JemShaw I make a habit of regularly saving a copy of my workspaces. It helps tremendously when updating to the next version or moving between computers (such as WFH for the past year). And always have a copy of the latest stable version still installed.

[JemShaw]

Good thought, will do - thanks!

[Drawsome]

I cannot fathom who would ever consider it a good idea to cut the pixel functionality from the line tool, especially since there are suggestions asking to ADD pixel modes to other vector tools (like the freeform pen tool) dating back years.

Apart from all the tedious extra steps added, with the removal of the pixel option for the line tool we can no longer use it on masks, which is extremely inconvenient.

The best solution with the current vector-as-default approach would probably be a [universal "pixel/auto rasterize" checkbox] in the top bar for all vector tools; Especially if that enabled using them on masks again.

[Aihio98BC]

@mark_dahm "looking into" and "investigating"
nice you have time to do this where we:,the paying users are losing money while waiting...

[Mark C. Dahm]

As a reminder, as we work to restore the line tool, the previous version of Photoshop can be installed.

https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/using/install-previous-version.html

[KazVorpal]

@JemShaw

They certainly COULD have fixed the line tool with this update. Someone else in the thread tried to say Adobe couldn't fix this instantly, but remember that they intentionally broke the line tool. It wasn't a bug, it was a conscious choice on their part. Therefore it should be quite reversible.

Add to the list of tasks that any developer with sense would have known they were breaking:

Using the line tool in layer masks.

This is no longer possible, and is something I was trying to do, yesterday. But you can't add a shape to a layer mask. And, like everyone else here, I don't find the multi-step process of creating a path and stroking it to be an adequate substitute. We professionals care a lot about the time consumed in work, and while this may not seem slow to an Adobe bureaucrat, it adds up.

[JemShaw]

@Kaz Vorpal, I certainly wasn't condoning Adobe's destruction of the line tool, simply thanking @CMJRoss_CRE for prompting me to do something I should have been doing for years!

[Mark C. Dahm]

@Kaz Vorpal , again, apologies for the long time it's taking on this. There isn't a switch to flip to just bring something back like this, unfortunately. We've logged over 50 issues to work through in order to get this simple-sounding functionality back, and we're down to the last eight at this time. 

You could use the pencil or brush tool with the shift key to draw a straight line on a layer mask. I realize there are other attributes of the former line tool like the live pivot interaction that are not there, but it's a workaround if using the previous version of Photoshop isn't also an option.

[shabenz4]

Because the code for that functionality has mysteriously vanished from the face of the planet and has to be written anew??  Really the fix is simple, yet time consuming.  Put the correct code back in place THEN create a new section for this new weird line thing you all want to have.  It's sad to have to stay on an old version for this functionality to work, but be missing out on a few of the cool new ones that were added.  When a company gets too big for its own britches I guess.  lol

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Dear Adobe,

Please restore pixel line option, it is Photoshop, not Illustrator..

Thanks

[charlielavoy1]

Yeah this is crazy. I cannot fathom why they would make this change. Why give us less?

[charlielavoy1]

Just adding my voice to this commonly reported mistake that Adobe made with the 2020 Photoshop update. Laying down lines using pixels in instrumental in my perspective drawing workflow. Using vectors is too cumbersome. When I'm laying down pixels, it's so simple and easy to trace a few lines to find the vanishing point and draw out lines from there, keeping everything on one single layer - nice and clean. I hope they get this fixed soon.

[charlielavoy1]

Ok, messing around with this a little more and I found a simple way to adjust. If anyone else is following this and looking for workaround, I'm able to get a similar result by setting the dropdown menu to "shape" instead of the now greyed out "pixels", and making sure to set the path operation dropdown menu to "combine shapes." When drawing new lines out from the vanishing point, I just have to press enter before starting a new line, so as not to select the last point that sits on the vanishing point. I can see the benefit of doing it this way, as all my lines are now editable instead of being locked into a raster layer. Still, my aggravation remains that adobe would intentionally give us less, when a feature was working perfectly fine before.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Like many people here. Just adding my voice in hopes to keep this top of mind to the PS team. It’s important the line tool’s pixel functionality is restored. I know development takes time and things can’t happen over night but we are at about 5 months here. Still no restoration of the pixel line tool. Please!!!

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Hello, I am also desperate for pixel option to be restored. This really throws a wrench in my workflow. I am researching other software options.

[Mike Verzella]

A reminder for Adobe that this is still not resolved in the latest update.

[marcelt2t]

I understand you are aware, but it seems like adobe is ignoring the community.  Maybe someone there has the stones to give an update as users are dropping like flies?

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/m-pixels-option-is-greyed-out-for-line-tool-photoshop-22-0/...

[stever71725084]

Photoshop 22.2 February 2021 just came out and no fix for line tool yet!

[i_am_jim]

Overnight?  It's been 4 months.

[i_am_jim]

It's been 4 months. 20 characters