Layer Blending Options (re: Anti-Aliasing) -or- Nearest Neighbor transformations

[M-Tee]

I'm looking to have either layers, selections, or smart images resizable within a document without anti-aliasing.

I found this guide in an old thread. I've tried altering the curves to the ones shown, and am seeing no changes at all to the anti-aliasing present. I have attempted to use it both on raster-based smart objects (i.e., placed/pasted images) and on raw pixel layers (i.e., the same objects after being rasterized)  Is there documentation somewhere on how this works, and what its limitations are?

If this is not the best way to achieve my goal, is there a better way to transform within a document with nearest neighbor scaling?

Thanks!

On 7/1/2017 at 6:55 AM, - S - said:

In the Layers panel there's a cog icon to the right of the layer blend modes called 'Blend Ranges'.  If you click on that and then click on 'Coverage Map' it gives you the ability to adjust anti-aliasing.  Do any of the following settings do what you're looking to do?

 

 

[M-Tee]

If doing so within a document isn't possible, is there a more efficient alternative than:

- Copy selection I want to resize.
- File -> New Document from Clipboard
- Edit -> Paste Special -> Bitmap
- Layer -> Rasterize & Trim
- Document -> Resize Document (with Nearest Neighbor Checked)
- Select layer, Copy
- Go to previous Document
- Edit -> Paste Special -> Bitmap
- Layer - Rasterize & Trim