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    Default Photoshop antialiasing question

    Hey - Is there a secret setting somewhere to make vector shapes (say, for instance, a 1 pixel line) or effects (like the stroke layer style) not anti-alias? I would expect a simple checkbox somewhere. But it is not there, wherever there is.

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    if it really is a 1px line it shouldn't antialias, your bounding box for the shape may be a hair over 1px and thats what is causing it to blur out on the edges.

    It also may not be sitting on an absolute pixel, try bumping it up or down until it becomes crisp.
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    Can't you double click the layer icon of a "Smart object" vector image and have it open in illustrator and create it there? You would have to import the vector image a second time so this effect doesn't apply to your main image but at least then it would be sharp, right? I think this would work.

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    I'm not sure that vector shapes are actually aliased when they print. I think it's just a preview thing in Photoshop.

    Effects...those are aliased and as far as I know and there's no way around that.

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    might be an absolute pixel thing, I reckon. I have 1 line in a layout that looks good-the rest are soft. Probably should've just made this in AI, but when I started, I didn't know that. ho ho.

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    this is for web, not print, so what i see is what i get.

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    I'm wrong...vector shapes are. I think I've used them twice ever.

    If you convert a vector shape to a smart object it doesn't stay vector. It rasterizes, kinda.

    The best thing to do if you want sharp lines is do your vector work in AI and bring those in as smart objects. Then you can chose to not anti alias by hitting control-T and clicking off anti aliasing on the top bar.

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    If it's for the web, who gives a shit if there is antialiasing, Tom?

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    Richie is right it's best to use illustrator. But if you have to stay in photoshop I don't know a way to actually take away the anti-alias as a feature in photoshop.

    However a workaround that may work is to rasterize the layer and use the sharpen filter over and over until it is too your liking. That pretty much takes away the anti-alias look.

    The downside is you lose the editable qualities of the vector mask. Not sure if that's a problem for you.

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    ehh... it was a couple of 1 pixel strokes around boxes and dividing lines. Not a huge deal either way, honestly. It just suddenly occurred to me that this should be a feature/option, somewhere.

    thnx.

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