Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 46)

39 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Workspace
Last updated 1/10/2010
Show or hide a grid, guides, or smart guides
❖ Do one of the following:
• Choose View > Show > Grid.
• Choose View > Show > Guides.
• View > Show > Smart Guides.
• Choose View > Extras. This command also shows or hides layer edges, selection edges, target paths, and slices.
Place a guide
1 If the rulers are not visible, choose View > Rulers.
Note: For the most accurate readings, view the image at 100% magnification or use the Info panel.
2 Do one of the following to create a guide:
• Choose View > New Guide. In the dialog box, select Horizontal or Vertical orientation, enter a position, and
click OK.
• Drag from the horizontal ruler to create a horizontal guide.
Dragging to create a horizontal guide
• Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and drag from the vertical ruler to create a horizontal guide.
• Drag from the vertical ruler to create a vertical guide.
• Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and drag from the horizontal ruler to create a vertical guide.
• Hold down Shift and drag from the horizontal or vertical ruler to create a guide that snaps to the ruler ticks. The
pointer changes to a double-headed arrow when you drag a guide.
3 (Optional) If you want to lock all guides, choose View > Lock Guides.
Move a guide
1 Select the Move tool , or hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to activate the Move tool.
2 Position the pointer over the guide (the pointer turns into a double-headed arrow).
3 Move the guide in any of the following ways:
• Drag the guide to move it.
• Change the guide from horizontal to vertical, or vice versa, by holding down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS)
as you click or drag the guide.
• Align the guide with the ruler ticks by holding down Shift as you drag the guide. The guide snaps to the grid if the
grid is visible and View
> Snap To > Grid is selected.