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Making
a One-Pixel Brush In Photoshop® |
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Here's a quick and easy tip for Photoshop. Have you
ever wanted to erase one pixel at a time and chose the
smallest hard-edged brush, only to find that you were
getting soft edges in the surrounding pixels? When you're
working with really small images like icons, what you
need is a one-pixel brush. It is very easy to make.
1. First, create a new image. Then use the Rectangular
Marquee Tool and drag out a one-pixel square selection.
![](images/1pixelbrush_01.gif)
2. Flood fill it with black...
![](images/1pixelbrush_02.gif)
3. Don't deselect anything yet...
![](images/1pixelbrush_03.gif)
4. Next click the small triangle in the upper right
corner of the Brushes Palette to access the options
menu. Choose "Define Brush" from the menu.
![](images/1pixelbrush_04.gif)
5. Photoshop adds a new brush to the palette. Double-click
on the new brush to access the brush options dialog.
![](images/1pixelbrush_05.gif)
6. Photoshop will anti-alias new brushes by default.
Un-check the "Anti-aliased" checkbox.
![](images/1pixelbrush_06.gif)
7. To test your new brush, choose the Eraser Tool in
the toolbox.
![](images/1pixelbrush_07.gif)
8. I like to set my painting brush cursors to the brush
size. To do this click File > Preferences >
Display & Cursors and select "Brush Size"
from the Painting Cursors section. Position the brush
over a pixel...
![](images/1pixelbrush_08.gif)
9. Click to erase. It leaves no fuzzy edges.
![](images/1pixelbrush_09.gif)
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