Printable Grids?

RL
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Raju_Lalwani
May 21, 2005
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Hi All,

I’ve been trying to figure out a way where I can print grids with images in PS. I’m using PS 7 at the moment. I’ve tried several things including the option of exporting a grid from Illustrator. Trouble with that is, the grid doesn’t start with a bold line but rather, with a couple lines that are in between two solid lines. Any suggestions?

Thanks
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Phosphor
May 21, 2005
Maybe this will help you:

All sorts of different graph paper…available as free PDF downloads <http://www.incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/>.
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RSD99
May 21, 2005
There are a couple of plugins to generate grids in PhotoShop … your friendly local search engine, and the search term

grid plugin photoshop

will probably get you several thousand relevant hits. Or download the Grid plugin(s) from

http://www.richardrosenman.com/photoshop.htm

http://www.cybia.co.uk/

http://www.users.cloud9.net/%7Egparet/photoshop/

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Hi All,

I’ve been trying to figure out a way where I can print grids with images
in PS. I’m using PS 7 at the moment. I’ve tried several things including the option of exporting a grid from Illustrator. Trouble with that is, the grid doesn’t start with a bold line but rather, with a couple lines that are in between two solid lines. Any suggestions?
Thanks
RL
Raju_Lalwani
May 21, 2005
Thanks buddy,

Am taking a look at it now.

Thanks
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Phosphor
May 21, 2005
For others reading here:

The cool thing about the page I linked to above is that there are quite a few different styles available, but the really cool thing is that they are all able to be customized to your needs, on-the-fly. Just enter the variables (page size, increments, subdivisions, line weight and color, etc.) and the little applet will generate a custom PDF to your specs, ready to download and print.

Definitely worth a bookmark.

<http://www.incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/>
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deebs
May 21, 2005
This is good – thanks for sharing the link Phosphor
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deebs
May 21, 2005
ps – paramo is still the better 🙂
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Phosphor
May 22, 2005
WTF?

If you’re going to make obscure references, Deebs, please explain them for the benefit of those of us who are not from your home planet.

Or the Venezuelan Andes.
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dave_milbut
May 22, 2005
then they wouldn’t be obscure, would they? 🙂
JR
John_R_Nielsen
May 22, 2005
You could set up something in the Filter Factory where, if the pixel location is evenly divisible by some X or Y value (set via the sliders) it would be set to opaque, otherwise, set to transparent.

You could have it just make the grid black, the background color of the layer, or a color of your choice set via the sliders.

I think I’ve seen this already written somwhere on one of the sites devoted to the Filter Factory.
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deebs
May 22, 2005
Erm – no reasonable explanation may be offered apart from profound apologies – wrong forum 🙁

I think I may have had a sheesh moment…
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dave_milbut
May 22, 2005
enh, i give it a 3 for entertainment value deebs. don’t sweat it. 🙂
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deebs
May 22, 2005
🙂
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Phosphor
May 22, 2005
Those PDF generators are certainly much more convenient, John, don’tcha think?
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John_R_Nielsen
May 22, 2005
As one who enjoys puzzles (crossword and such), I like using the FF, obtuse as it may be 🙂

Plus, once you get it working the way you like and save it, it’s as convenient as any other filter.
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Phosphor
May 22, 2005
" As one who enjoys puzzles (crossword and such), I like using the FF, obtuse as it may be"

I hear you on that.

I just never spent much time with FF. So much of what I’ve seen come out of it (probably the work of rank amateur hackers) leaned toward the aliased on diagonals and curved edges that it never really appealed to me.
JR
John_R_Nielsen
May 23, 2005
This one’s pretty simple:

Note that this does not work on background layers.

In the ‘A’ field, enter

"x % ctl(0) > ctl(1) + 1 && y % ctl(0) > ctl(1) + 1 ? 0 : 255"

Excluding the quotes, of course.

In the layer where you want the grid, set the background color to the color you want the grid to be, and run the FF. The top slider coltrols the spacing of the grid lines, and the second controls the width of the lines.

This could be expanded to give different spacing and line width, or different colors, for vertical and horizontal.

And a rectangular grid has no diagonals or curved edges, so you’re safe there 🙂

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