Working with Guides in Photoshop

Use these handy shortcuts when working with guides in Photoshop.

• To move a guide, drag it with the Move tool. Hold Shift as you drag to snap to ruler units.
• To delete a guide, click it with the Move tool and press Delete/Backspace.
• To Show/Hide guides, press Command/Ctrl+;
• To Lock/Unlock guides, press Command+Option+;/Ctrl+Alt+;
• Set the color and style of Canvas, Artboard, and Smart Guides in Guide, Grids, and Slices Preferences. Double-click a guide to open those preferences.

• Click the large color squares on the right side of the Preferences dialog box to open the Color Picker and choose any color for your guides.

• Option/Alt-click a guide to convert it from horizontal to vertical and vice versa.
• While dragging a guide with the Move tool, hold Option/Alt as you release to convert a horizontal guide to a vertical one and vice versa.
• With the Move tool, Option/Alt+Shift-click a guide to open the dialog box where you can position a guide precisely, and change its color.

• To move multiple guides at once, Option/Alt-Shift click the guides and immediately drag without releasing.
• To add a guide at a specific location, choose View > Guides > New Guide.

• To add multiple guides at once (including columns and rows) choose View > Guides > New Guide Layout. You can choose a preset or customize the number of columns, rows, margin, color, etc.

• To apply the same guides in multiple images, set them up in the New Guide
  
  Layout dialog box and save them as a new preset. Then use the same dialog box in a different document to apply the preset.

• To create a set of guides based on a layer, shape or type, choose View > Guides > New Guide From Shape.