How to print guidelines

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Richard_Budig
Dec 4, 2007
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Re: Photoshop v.7 — Applying guidelines is great, but is there a way to print both the image you have on the screen, as well as the guidelines you have dragged over your image?

I’m an artist, and it very helpful to place vertical/horizontal lines over my subject to see what falls along these lines. It would also be very helpful if I could print my image along with the guidelines I have superimposed upon it.

Also, can the color of the guidelines be changed?

A direct response to would be wonderful. Thanks so much.

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Phosphor
Dec 4, 2007
The only way is to take a screenshot and Paste it into Photoshop, but then you are stuck with monitor resolution.

You can change the color of Guides in Edit>Preferences>Guides, Grids & Slices.
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Richard_Budig
Dec 4, 2007
Ed . . . thanks for your quick reply. May I impose upon you again? Please tell me how to "take a screenshot."

I hadn’t thought about monitor resolution, but it may not be that important since my main goal is to see what lies along the same, or other lines. For example, it’s enough for me to see that the corner of the eye lines up with the edge of the nostril. If I can see that, it will help.

Thanks again.
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Phosphor
Dec 4, 2007
You should have a PrtScn key on your keyboard, over to the right, above the arrow keys. Hit that and it takes a shot of your current screen. Then Open a New Document in Photoshop and Paste.

Can’t you see things lined up on the monitor? I would think zooming in would help more than a print out.
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Phosphor
Dec 4, 2007
By the way, e-mailing direct defeats the purpose of the forum. Others may want the same info as you do or have better ideas to add. Plus, posting your e-mail address is an invitation to spam.
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John_Joslin
Dec 4, 2007
If you really need a grid you could draw one, using the pen tool and the grid in Photoshop as a guide.

Or just call up the grid* when you want to see if the eyes line up with the the nostril.

* View > Show > Grid
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John_R_Nielsen
Dec 5, 2007
Another way you could do this is to us the usually ignored "Single Pixel Row/Column" variant of the Marquee tool, making sure Snap to Guides is enabled, and then doing a Fill, with whatever color you like. You’d likely want to do this on a seperate layer.

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