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- Introduction
- Optimizing Photoshop
- Setting General Preferences
- Setting File Handling Preferences
- Setting Interface Preferences
- Setting Cursors Preferences
- Controlling Transparency & Gamut Preferences
- Working with Units & Rulers
- Working with Guides, Grid & Slices
- Setting Plug-Ins Preferences
- Selecting Scratch Disks
- Allocating Memory & Image Cache
- Setting Type Preferences
- Managing Libraries with the Preset Manager
- Using and Customizing Workspaces
- Building Specialized Workspaces
- Creating a Customized User Interface
- Defining Shortcut Keys
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Working with Guides, Grid & Slices
Guides, Grid & Slices preferences help keep a multi-layered document in proper order. For example, using Guides can help you line up buttons on a web interface, or make sure specific design elements are precisely placed within the document window. The Guides option lets you select the color and style of the guides placed within a Photoshop document. Guides are placed within the image by dragging them from the horizontal or vertical Ruler bars in the active document. The Grid options let you decide on a color, style, and layout for Photoshop’s grid system. The Slices option defines the visible color of a slice, and whether Photoshop displays a number value for each slice.
Work with Guides, Grid & Slices Options
Click the Edit (Win) or Photoshop (Mac) menu, point to Preferences, and then click Guides, Grid & Slices.
Select the Guides options you want to use:
- Color. Select a default color for displaying guides.
- Style. Select a default (Lines or Dashed Lines) for displaying guidelines.
Select the Smart Guides options you want to use:
- Color. Select a color for use with Smart Guides.
Select the Grid options you want to use:
- Color. Select a default color for displaying grids.
- Style. Select a default style (Lines, Dashed Lines, or Dots) for displaying the grid.
- Gridline Every. Enter a value for how often the grid lines appear within the active document.
- Subdivisions. Enter a value for how many subdivisions (lines) appear between each main gridline.
Select the Slices options you want to use:
- Line Color. Select a default line color for displaying document slices.
- Show Slice Numbers. Select the check box to display a number for each slice in the upper left corner of the slice.
Click OK.
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