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  • Create 1px line

    Posted by Michael Patten on April 7, 2011 at 11:53 pm

    I have created a new composition that is 15px wide and 100px in height. I would like to create 15 vertical lines of differenet colors. I cannot seem to create a 1px line of any color. I tried adding a shape and resizing it, but it appears to add a extra pixels around the shape to soften the shape. Any suggestions? Using CS5.

    Tudor “ted” jelescu replied 15 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Joey Foreman

    April 8, 2011 at 1:17 pm

    How about applying the Beam effect to a Solid with the Starting and Ending Thickness set to 1, and the Softness set to 0?

    Joey Foreman
    Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist

  • Tudor “ted” jelescu

    April 9, 2011 at 5:41 pm

    Or you could create the elements in Illustrator and import them as vectors. This way your 1px lines may have a chance of looking better ( I agree with Dave, 1pixel will not look good on most monitors/Tvs)

    Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
    Senior VFX Artist

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