: Why is Photoshop's pixel grid smaller than my actual pixels? I'm trying to set up Photoshop cc 2014 for pixel art graphics, but I have this weird issue where my pixels don't align to the

@Sent7350415

This post is old but the solution is - switch everything to 2 - the pencil, as well as the grid divisions and subdivisions. Then switch back to 1 in everything. This happened in Photoshop CS5 for me in spite of everything being already set to one. So I switched everything to 2 then back to 1

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@Welton168

You have to go to Edit → Preferences → Guides, Grids and Slices and then change gridline to 1 pixel (from the drop down menu) and subdivisions to 1. Then your grid will align with your pencil and canvas

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@Michele215

If you want your "Gird" to match the "Pixel Grid" just set it up like this:

Gridline Every: 2 Pixels

Subdivisions: 2

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@Lee3735518

Because the resolution of your file is so big for pixel art Photoshop is showing you the other Grid (not the pixel grid), You have to disable the Grid:

View > Show > Make sure Grid is unchecked and Pixel Grid is Checked



Also: Reduce the resolution of your file to something like 24x24 and select a square brush.

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