# 1px grids **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [December 22, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014 "2002-12-22T20:08:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eilsoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@eilsoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eilsoe)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/1 "2002-12-22T20:08:35Z")
How can I get 1px by 1px grids to work properly in PS7? It seems to give me weird off-rez grids all the time :-\ really annoying… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/2 "2002-12-22T21:03:59Z")
r u trying to apply a grid pattern to a layer?? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/3 "2002-12-23T01:46:34Z")
I dunno, I experience the same problem… it seems they are only at the right measurements if you zoom way in - I dont know of any other way:-\ Peace ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/4 "2002-12-23T01:47:27Z")
not sure how too in ps7 but i no ms paint does one… (-: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/5 "2002-12-23T04:49:40Z")
1px by 1px is really small so I don’t know if it’s possible to do it in photoshop. Did it look off res before you saved it or after? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/6 "2002-12-23T05:02:26Z")
wow I feel like a total n00b…would someone mind elaborating for me what this discussion is a bout? I think I understand the grid :q: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/7 "2002-12-23T05:05:24Z")
From what I understand, Eilsoe is trying to create a grid pattern that is 1px by 1px which is really small so it looks blurry unless you zoom in. He’s trying to get it to look crisp. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/8 "2002-12-23T08:03:37Z")
wow so the grid line would be 1/2 of a pixel!! Never heard of that. I do know that illustrator and freehand allow. partial pixel stuff could you create the pattern there and import it somehow?? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/9 "2002-12-23T08:20:57Z")
Well a 1px grid in Photoshop would look like it does below. Although it really is straight, the eye plays a trick on us that it is blurry because it cannot distinguish the colors in the area. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/10 "2002-12-23T08:26:44Z")
well thats interesting, I’ve never tried a 1x1 pixel grid, but that looks pretty cool Lost. =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/11 "2002-12-23T08:44:23Z")
Gotta love patterns in Photoshop 🙂 I created a new layer, zoomed all the way in, took the 1px pencil tool and created 3 dots, one corner, one on the side and one on the bottom. Then I took the square marquee tool, selected the 4 pixel area (total) then went to Edit/Define Pattern and made it a pattern. Then I deleted the layer, created another new layer, went to Edit/Fill and filled it with my pattern. Simple. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/12 "2002-12-23T09:38:19Z")
Wow I’ve made patterns before, but have never done something that small, thanks Lost for the input, I will use your method. (-: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/13 "2002-12-23T10:58:46Z")
Aw geez 🙂 I leave u alone for only a few hours, and u all go completely off-topic! 😛 I mean: The GRID BUILT-IN photoshop! 🙂 Like the grid that can be of monster help in MS paint for instance 🙂 Not a grid pattern, I can do that easily 😛 guys guys guys… hehe… I’ve decided to just use MS paint to make my basic pixel art, and then import to photoshop and then paint it… I was just stating that the grid (as small as it can get) in photoshop sucks major monkey butt… NOT patterns… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/14 "2002-12-23T15:52:10Z")
heehee I had the wrong idea from the start. But thanks lost I doubt ill ever do a grid that small but it is the mental rolodex. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/15 "2002-12-23T15:56:18Z")
thought that was what you ment, i had the same problem, it was in Ryall’s thread a while back. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/1px-grids/10014/16 "2002-12-23T16:41:10Z")
Oh, sorry Eilsoe… since I never use the grid in Photoshop I completely forgot that existed… so I didn’t even think of that. But if it helps, I thought it was incredibly strange that you were asking about 1px grids…lol. Considering how great you are at photoshop at stuff.