Photoshop Trouble

[HoRe]

Hey Guys,
I'm very very new to RMXP but an old hand at Photoshop, so this is one of those "so simple it hurts" questions. I am making a new character graphic-nothing splashy, just my character bowing at the waist from the side view. Well in this context, it doesn't require my character's bottom half to move, so my sideviews should all look the same before I start experimenting with the upper half of the body.
My problem is when I try to copy and paste my character's still sideview, the alignment goes funky. I can't get it to "click" into place. So my first sideview will be at 5 pixels to the left and 3 from the bottom, but when I paste it, suddenly I can only move it between 6 left and 4 bottom, or 4 left and 2 bottom. Just looking at the character set it isn't enough to be noticeable, but once you paste it in the game, she looks like she's doing a little jig under her dress while she bows.
Any ideas? Major thanks!

 

[Skyla Doragono]

Photoshop does that sometimes, and I have no idea why. That's why I rarely use it to sprite. I fix it by changing the zoom and hoping it moves into the place I want with the move tool. Sometimes selecting everything I want to move and then using the move tool helps as well.

I suggest getting a simpler program to do spriting though. People say Gimp is good, but I personally use Paintshop Pro 8. The former is free, and the later you can probably find for pretty cheap nowadays.

 

[Deltree]

(Speaking from only using PS Elements) Do you have "Snap To Grid" or a similar feature turned on? I also tend to zoom in all the way to 1600% to help line things up.

 

[Brosek]

Char Maker XP

Try that link for a good sprite editing program... or at least one designed to work with the RMXP.