Working with Guides in Photoshop
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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.
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