• Adobe Illustrator

  Guides

  Posted by Tom Hepburn on June 25, 2008 at 2:45 pm

  Hello,

  This is something I was hoping Adobe would add, but they
  haven’t yet. Anyway, I think I know the answer, but
  does anyone know if there is a (secret) way to create
  multiple sets of guides, like a layer? There are times when
  I only need 10 guides displayed out of maybe 40. I know I
  can stroke lines and put them on a layer and maybe
  that’s the only way to do it, but I’m hoping there
  is a way with the guides themselves.

  Thanks,
  Tom

  Richard Harrington replied 17 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Jeff Kelley

  June 25, 2008 at 10:00 pm

  are we talking Illustrator? The only way I know of is to put them on their own layer and turn that layer on or off. Seems very simple. You could also group guides and then hide them in chunks.

  Jeff
  http://www.willinois.com
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  Tom Hepburn

  June 25, 2008 at 10:13 pm

  Sorry Jeff, this was pertaining to Photoshop, not illustrator.

  Thanks for the reply.

  Tom
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  Jeff Kelley

  June 26, 2008 at 5:05 pm

  As far as I know, In Photoshop there is no way to do what you are asking.

  Jeff

  Jeff
  http://www.willinois.com
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  Richard Harrington

  June 26, 2008 at 5:07 pm

  You can make an action that creates new guides.

  make Step 1 Clear Guides.
  Steps 2+ Add new guides based on percentage or position (use menu items)

  Run each action as needed

  Richard M. Harrington, PMP

  Author: Photoshop for Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, and ATS:iWork

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