How to turn off Anti-Aliasing / Adveraging for Transformations?

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I have always wondered this question but now I need to know.

I have Photoshop CC. I want to select certain pixels and then move them, using either the move or transform commands. I'm using the lasso / quick selection tool in order to select EXACT pixels; I'm working with pixel sprites so it all has to be exact.

When I am finished selecting certain pixels, I transform (just moving, not scaling), them down, and a gradient-like effect (grey pixels) spawn all over the edges of my selection.

HOW do I prevent this from happening? I have set feathering to 0, I have turned off Anti-Aliasing, and I have selected Interpolation: Nearest Neighbor and I still get those annoying grey pixels.

Please help I have searched the internet and I can't find anything. I have found that it may be due to "Averaging" but I think the problem is bigger than that. Or maybe simpler. Thank you in advance!

Trevor.Dennis · Accepted Answer

OK. Reading your post again, you are starting by selecting an area before moving it. With any of the selection tools selected, make sure that the value for Feather in the options bar is set to zero. I have put mine to 0.3 pixels to demonstrate.

Trevor.Dennis · Answer

With the Free Transform active, use the Interpolation drop-down on the Options bar, and choose Nearest Neighbour.

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