a while back i was just testing out a tutorial that required select>>modify>>smooth for some border thing, but now it seems like i can't revert it back. everything i try to border turns out smooth (and ugly x.x, except for 1 pixel borders because they can't turn smooth) and i can't change the number to 0 because it tells you to enter from 1-xx. also, stroking manually (right click layer>>blending options>>stroke) gives the same result. can anyone help?

Corrupted prefrences file case? Well, try the article below.
[ http://www.creativepro.com/story/howto/17478.html ]

it doesn't say how to find the file for photoshop CS, but i tried and it doesn't exist. thanks anyway :D

Uh, yeah it does. It has to. Are you showing hidden files (if you use XP)?
[ http://northlite.50megs.com/ps/prefs.htm ]

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The Photoshop CS prefs file is called Adobe Photoshop CS Prefs.psp On my computer with WinXP it is located at C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\Adobe\Photoshop\8.0\Adobe Photoshop CS Settings\