Let Photoshop find the center of your document

**AppleCider** · 10-26-2002, 02:20 AM

The trick here is to be sure you have a layer filled with your foreground color (don't ask me why, but at least in PS 6 this only works with a layer completely filled with the foreground color) Then, with that layer active, activate your rulers. Be sure "Snap" is checked under the View menu. Drag a horizontal guide from the top ruler; it will snap to the center of the document. Do the same with a vertical guide; it will also snap to the center.

**namvet** · 10-27-2002, 05:44 AM

AppleCider ... I tried it out in PS7 and it did'nt work ... :( ... maybe I missed something, I'm not very bright

**Erik** · 10-27-2002, 07:00 AM

Here it does work in PS7.01, but not only with the foreground colour, but also with the standard opening of a white doc, and the background colour too, and also at the top/bottom, or left/right hand side.

Namvet, would you mind trying it again?

Open any new doc
activate View>Show>Guides
activate View>rulers
activate View>snap

with the move tool, gently click on the ruler and drag downwards from the horizontal ruler (top) and you will (should) feel a slight hesitation towards the top/centre/bottom. Unclick and the guide snaps to the top/centre/bottom.
The same applies for the vertical ruler.

10-27-2002, 08:27 AM

Nice tip Julie, could be very, very useful

**wbiss** · 10-27-2002, 10:48 PM

This is the only 'action' that I have ever used... and I use it regularly. Nifty little 'time-saver' that simply finds the centre of your document. Help yourselves, if you want.

**AppleCider** · 10-27-2002, 11:04 PM

Very cool, Wendy, thanks!

10-28-2002, 08:59 AM

Thanks Wendy ;)

**namvet** · 10-28-2002, 08:44 PM

:( ... Erik .. I tried it again .. but ... I can't get the guides to work (doh![confused]) ... as in guides is greyed out ... refer image below ... :( :(

**Erik** · 10-29-2002, 01:19 AM

But the vertical bar on your image with
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on it , isn't that the vertical guide?

try toggling Ctrl+;, the bars/guides should appear and disappear.

also try clicking on them and dragging from them...

**sPECtre** · 10-29-2002, 02:28 AM

Almost... the graduated bar is the ruler... CTRL+R
From there you can create guides...

It is not possible to show/hide guides unless you create one, as Erik pointed out by click/dragging from the ruler. ..

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