Cropping problem: crops to a single pixel

I select part of the image using the crop tool, but when I execute the crop, the result is a single pixel, regardless of the size of the cropping box

reset the values in the options bar. You will find they are set to 1. CS3 has a mysterious tendency to do this on its own.

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Create an action to do the crop and user the image processor to batch process your RAW files and have it use your cropping action in the process.

Video & cropping problems

My system equals:
Lightroom version: 4.0 Beta [800002]
Operating system: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition
Version: 6.1 [7600]
Application architecture: x64
System architecture: x64
Physical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 2.4 GHz
Built-in memory: 8191.0 MB
Real memory available to Lightroom: 8191.0 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 590.0 MB (7.2%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 543.2 MB
Memory cache size: 1083.2 MB
System DPI setting: 96 DPI
Desktop composition enabled: Yes
Displays: 1) 1920x1080
While in video, using captured frame – my picture is extracted at 19 20 x 10 80.
Attempting to use this picture in the books module causes resolution problems yet the same picture when used in the print module and save to a picture file causes no resolution problems and becomes 255 0 x 3300 when using it in the book module.
Multiple Cropping problems have been reported already and I have read tech support is looking at some of these problems - hopefully they will fix the following
In crop the custom dimension will not exceed 5 changes (would like to be able to see it built out to 10 custom sizes) and it no longer overwrites the last dimension change. It defaults to 2×3/4×6
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http://help.apple.com/imovie/
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie
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http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/imovie_09_stone.html
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/imovie_09_stone.html#interface

JS/PS CS3: identify single pixels sticking out

In a bitmap, is it possible to identify single pixels sticking out from a shape? Let's say I have this black shape in a black-and-white bitmap:
   xxxxxxxx
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   xxxxxxxx
        x
an 8 by 4 rectangle with one pixel sticking out from the bottom. Question is, can I find such pixels using a script (JS) and make it white?
Thanks,
Peter

Peter, I added the work around to the script. It appears to fix the problem. With my basic test files.
#target photoshop
app.bringToFront();
while (app.documents.length) {
app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.PROMPTTOSAVECHANGES);
var defaultFolder = new Folder ('~/Desktop');
var inputFolder = defaultFolder.selectDlg('Please select your Folder of Bitmap files…');
var outputFolder = defaultFolder.selectDlg('Please Make/Select a Folder to save Cleaned up files to…');
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var fileList = inputFolder.getFiles(fileFiltering);
if (fileList.length > 0) {
main(fileList);
} else {
alert('This Folder contained NO Photoshop Tiff files!');
} else {
alert('A Required folder was NOT chosen!!!');
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function main(fileObjs) {
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whiteRef.rgb.green = 255;
whiteRef.rgb.blue = 255;
backgroundColor = whiteRef; // This will be used with resizeCanvas(+)
var userDisplayDialogs = displayDialogs;
var userRulerUnits = preferences.rulerUnits;
displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
for (var i = 0; i < fileObjs.length; i++) {
if (fileList[i] instanceof File) {
open(fileObjs[i]);
var docRef = activeDocument;
with (docRef) {
var baseName = app.activeDocument.name.slice(0, -4);
if (mode != DocumentMode.GRAYSCALE) changeMode(ChangeMode.GRAYSCALE);
docRes = resolution;
resizeCanvas(width + 4, height + 4, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER);
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artLayers[0].applyMaximum(1); // Adjust as required
artLayers[0].applyMinimum(1); // Ditto
artLayers[0].invert();
artLayers[0].applyMaximum(1); // Ditto
artLayers[0].applyMinimum(1); // Ditto
artLayers[0].invert();
resizeCanvas(width - 4, height - 4, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER);
var thisBitmap = bitmapOptions(docRes)
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var newFilePath = new File(outputFolder + '/' + baseName + '.tif');
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//bitOptions.frequency = 150;
bitOptions.method = BitmapConversionType.HALFTHRESHOLD;
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bitOptions.resolution = res;
bitOptions.shape = BitmapHalfToneType.SQUARE;
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tiffSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
tiffSaveOptions.imageCompression = iC;
tiffSaveOptions.layers = la;
tiffSaveOptions.spotColors = sC;
tiffSaveOptions.transparency = tr;
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, tiffSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
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Just a single pixel.

I can't find a method in graphics or ghraphics2d that will allow me to change a single pixel in the paintComponent method. the best I can do is a very short line (g.drawLine(x, y, x, y)). surely a method like this would call a method that draws a dot, but I can't find it. a little help please.

This is just my 2 cents.
somebody must know more about the 'graphics' class,
and how the drawLine method is programmed - it must,
itself, draw one pixel at a time.Well, maybe not. A Java implementation does not talk to the hardware. It will generally have to call some native method that calls a 3rd party graphics implementation (X, WinG, Direct Draw, etc. ), which in turn could call another level of abstraction... including the driver and eventually hardware. There's no guarantee that a 3rd pary API or interface will have a "drawPoint(x,y)" method on ever conceivable OS and graphics configuration. Furthermore it might be the case that a particular optimization occurs in the hardware level. Maybe some graphics hardware is only capable of drawing "lines" even if they are only 1 pixel long. Certainly hardware accellerated 2d and 3d graphics aren't drawn 1 pixel at a time at the software level. It makes sense that a filled rectangle should be done at hardware level, probably evel lines.
Probably the most overhead here is putting 2 extra values on the call stack.
Anyway, I think the old saying about premature optimization is as true here as it is otherwise. If you can actually show with the use of a profiler that an application's bottleneck is the Graphics.drawLine method, and that there's no more efficient way to write the app, THEN we have a problem.
Or satisfy your curiosity:
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How to copy and paste a single pixel

How to copy and paste a single pixel
I want to copy a single pixel and then paste it in the
position of
another pixel in the same image.
(This is in effect changing the colour of the target pixel,
isn't it.
But in my case copying an existing pixel seems simpler than
selecting a
colour from the swatch or using the colour picker.)
What is the most efficient way of doing this?
I tried to select one pixel with the marquee tool. Then
copied it with
control-C, but then how do I select the target pixel and
paste with
control-V?
Thanks for your help.
Adrian

Use the Pencil Tool
alex
adrian stock wrote:
> How to copy and paste a single pixel
>
> I want to copy a single pixel and then paste it in the
position of
> another pixel in the same image.
>
> (This is in effect changing the colour of the target
pixel, isn't it.
> But in my case copying an existing pixel seems simpler
than selecting a
> colour from the swatch or using the colour picker.)
>
> What is the most efficient way of doing this?
>
> I tried to select one pixel with the marquee tool. Then
copied it with
> control-C, but then how do I select the target pixel and
paste with
> control-V?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Adrian
>

I have a single Pixel that is broke on my 2 month old retina macbook pro. I have Apple care. What will Happen if I bring it to an apple store.

I have a single Pixel that is broke on my 2 month old retina macbook pro. I have Apple care. What will Happen if I bring it to an apple store.

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Al

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Spot Healing Brush Tool set to around 3 or 4 pixels
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How to add Event to every single pixel with BitmapData?

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Crop not landing on an even pixel border.

I am trying to generate pngs that are fall exactly on pixels borders but when I drag the image into Illustrator I am getting sizes of 199.975x199.975 for a 200px file.
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The second method was crop where I moved guidelines and snapped them to pixel grid, then did a crop. I then adjusted the crop handles to make sure the size was 200x200 stated in the info window.
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…working on is 1920 x 2560 pixels with resolution 350 dpi, so it is not a resolution issue…
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Cropping problem: crops to a single pixel

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