For awhile now, I have contemplated doing a Q&A feature post that would address questions from my readers. I’ve been compiling some of the questions and answers that I think will help people out of a tight spot. These questions can be on any topic; from Photoshop questions to Wordpress issues, tutorial requests to general banter. I will try to answer each question as best I can and give you resources where you can find more help on a given topic. So without further ado…I give you Q&A with GrandmasterB.

Question From: Jamie
In one of your tutorials it says to place a guide at 400x and 400y. How is this done??? Please help.

Answer:
In order to drag guides onto the canvas you need to make sure your rulers are visible. There are two ways to do it. You can either go under the menu bar to View > Rulers or the key command (Apple: cmd-r / Windows: ctrl-r). Once your rulers are visible move the cursor to the top ruler, click and drag down for horizonal guides and the left ruler will drag out vertical rulers. One thing to note is that the rulers can display multiple types of measurements:

  • inches
  • centimeters
  • millimeters
  • pixels
  • picas
  • points
  • percentages

To change the measurement type right click on the ruler and it will give you a menu. For this particular tutorial (and all tutorials that I write) I use pixels. If you create the 800 pixel x 800 pixel canvas you will see a 400 mark on the ruler. Simply click and drag to get the guide to where it needs to go. For more precise placement you can use the ‘INFO’ window by going under Window > Info or pressing F8. I’ve attached an image to this email to show you exactly where to locate the X and Y coordinates of the guides and cursor. I hope my answer to your question helps you out.

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~ GrandmasterB