2 Minute Tricks # 17 - Guides and Updates
November 27th, 2005
This week we take a quick look at guides and a very precise way of placing them in your image. We also will give you a quick update on the video version of the show and our new voice mail box.
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Thanks to the Hijiyama Project for our closing theme.
Step-by-step Guide
Step 1: Open up an image in photoshop and go to the view menu. Select the new guide option from the menu.
Step 2: A new dialog box will pop open. Select either the horizontal or vertical option in the orientation section of the dialog box. Then type 50% (or whatever percent you would like) in the position box and click OK.
Step 3: Repeat step 2 for the other orientation, and you should end up with cross hair of guides directly in the middle of your image.
4 Comments Add your own
1. Larry Hazlewood | November 28th, 2005 at 2:53 pm
If you are looking at something to do a shal all have a look at Macromedia Captivate
Very cool product
Larry
2. Kent | November 30th, 2005 at 9:50 pm
Hey Larry, I took a peak at Captivate and it does look cool. Unfortunately I’m looking for a solution that will work on my mac, and as far as I can the Captivate is PC only.
Thanks anyway for the suggestion, Kent
3. eddy maddix | December 3rd, 2005 at 9:42 am
Hi Neat tip, I actually needed this this week (before I listened to the podcast - that’ll teach me). You can put in decimal values e.g. 33.33% to get a slightly more accurate placement but that would probably only matter for very high res images.
4. Howard Chalkley | January 3rd, 2006 at 2:49 pm
Guides are one of the features missing in “Elements”.
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