Threshold Mode

[Andy Martin]

Hi

This is becoming infuriating.

Copied one of the link buttons on http://www.yousoftware.com/ today and
tried to recreate it (or something similar) in Photoshop 7. Couldn't work
out how their button's 'top dots' were more defined than mine and tried
tweaking things in the brush palate eventually making my own brush of 1px x
1px and a spacing of 400%. Looks 'okay' but still not as crisp as the
original button when the size is maximised.

The only aspect that I notice which differs from mine is that when the brush
tool is selected, the mode on my image says 'normal' but the mode on the
website image says 'Threshold'. Hmmm ..... spooky!

I've looked through the help section and after 15 mins, I have a vague idea
of what it's about but still don't know why the website's mode comes up as
'Threshold' and I don't have the option. All I really want is to be able to
create a line of spaced out 1px dots that are well defined/crisp.

Any help would be much appreciated

Andy

[edjh]

Post by Andy Martin
Hi
This is becoming infuriating.
Copied one of the link buttons on http://www.yousoftware.com/ today and
tried to recreate it (or something similar) in Photoshop 7. Couldn't work
out how their button's 'top dots' were more defined than mine and tried
tweaking things in the brush palate eventually making my own brush of 1px x
1px and a spacing of 400%. Looks 'okay' but still not as crisp as the
original button when the size is maximised.
The only aspect that I notice which differs from mine is that when the brush
tool is selected, the mode on my image says 'normal' but the mode on the
website image says 'Threshold'. Hmmm ..... spooky!

That's because it's a gif in Indexed color mode and Threshold and
Dissolve are the only available choices. It was undoubtedly made in RGB
mode to begin with.

Post by Andy Martin
I've looked through the help section and after 15 mins, I have a vague idea
of what it's about but still don't know why the website's mode comes up as
'Threshold' and I don't have the option. All I really want is to be able to
create a line of spaced out 1px dots that are well defined/crisp.
Any help would be much appreciated

Zoom in and look at the antialiasing pattern. Try a circle marquee
instead of a brush.

Post by Andy Martin
Andy