# PhotoShop (V6.0) Border Question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-v6-0-border-question/43280>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [February 20, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-v6-0-border-question/43280 "2004-02-20T16:25:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![fester8542](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a183cd/32.png) [@fester8542](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fester8542)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-v6-0-border-question/43280/1 "2004-02-20T16:25:58Z")

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This might be a dumb question but its been a thorn in my side for a while now.

Often times I want a single pixel border on my imagery. No big thing. But this always happens…

So I have all my layers flattened and the whole image selected then i go select -\> modify -\> border -\> 1px

Should be simply 1 pixel, but when I add my color for the border it fills in that one pixel at 100% of the color and then grabs the next pixel at about 25% of the color I am trying to use for the border.

This makes the 1 px border look fuzzy and laim :huh: because its essentially a gradient via 2 pixels.

So I either have to edit out the second pixel or simply try my steadiness of zooming in and adding the 1 pixel manually with the pencil tool.

Please can someone tell me what I have to change to simplify my process here. I know I am missing something.

Thanks in advance.