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How Do I Use Guides in Photoshop?

Last updated on September 24, 2022 @ 1:40 am

As a general rule, use Photoshop Guides to align and position elements on your canvas. You can create horizontal or vertical guides by clicking the View menu and selecting New Guide.

You can also create guides by clicking on the Ruler tool (shortcut key ‘R’ ) and dragging out from the top or left ruler. To remove a guide, simply drag it back onto the ruler.

If you need more precise control, you can input specific values in the New Guide dialog box . To access this, again go to the

View menu , but this time select Clear Guides . This will remove all guides from your canvas.

In general, you’ll want to use Photoshop Guides to align and position elements on your canvas. You can create horizontal or vertical guides by clicking on the View menu and selecting New Guide.

You can also create guides by clicking on the Ruler tool (shortcut key ‘R’) and dragging out from the top or left ruler.

If you need more precise control, you can input specific values in the New Guide dialog box. To access this, again go to the View menu, but this time select Clear Guides.

PRO TIP: Guides are a handy way to help align elements in Photoshop, but they can also be a bit tricky to use. Here are a few things to keep in mind when using guides:

1. Make sure you have the ruler tool selected before you try to add a guide. If you don’t, the guide will just disappear as soon as you release the mouse button.

2. Once you’ve added a guide, you can move it around by dragging it with the mouse. But be careful! If you drag a guide too close to the edge of the canvas, it will snap to that edge and you won’t be able to move it anymore.

3. To delete a guide, just drag it off the canvas.

4. Guides are especially useful when combined with Photoshop’s various alignment tools. For example, you can use the alignment options in the move tool to quickly align an element with a guide.

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