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Pauline

2004-05-14, 5:28 pm

I am trying to make a flyer, its A4 size and i want it to fold into 3 pieces
horizontly. Is there a way that i can make 3 guides appear marking where the
guides will go?

I would like to divide the page into 3 pieces.

If anyone can help then that would be great.

I am using photoshop cs.


jjs

2004-05-14, 5:28 pm


"Pauline" <tattrill03@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to make a flyer, its A4 size and i want it to fold into 3

pieces
> horizontly. Is there a way that i can make 3 guides appear marking where

the
> guides will go?
>
> I would like to divide the page into 3 pieces.


View - New Guide - Type in 33.33% (that's the vertical dimension) Do it
again with 66.66%.
Close enough.


edjh

2004-05-14, 10:28 pm

jjs wrote:

> "Pauline" <tattrill03@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:40a512ec$0$98386$c397aba@news.newsgroups.ws...
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> pieces
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> the
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> View - New Guide - Type in 33.33% (that's the vertical dimension) Do it
> again with 66.66%.
> Close enough.
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>

Depending on how your folder is folded you may NOT want all three panels
of equal width because there may be some ugly overhang caused by the
fold itself or if a panel tucks into the other two as in many brochures
it may not fold flat. I'd look for a template. And I'd use a page layout
program.

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Tacit

2004-05-14, 10:28 pm

>I am trying to make a flyer, its A4 size and i want it to fold into 3 pieces
>horizontly.


Step 1: Don't use Photoshop--it's the wrong tool for the job. Use a page-layout
program.

>Is there a way that i can make 3 guides appear marking where the
>guides will go?


Yes; you can create new guides numerically. However, you're better off setting
it up as 3 pages in a page layout program, and building the job that way. It'll
save your sanity; Photoshop is a poor page-layout tool.

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Pauline

2004-05-15, 5:28 pm

Can you recomend any free programs. I have also got abode illustrator if
that would be better.

"Tacit" <tacitr@aol.com> wrote in message
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pieces[color=darkred]
>
> Step 1: Don't use Photoshop--it's the wrong tool for the job. Use a

page-layout
> program.
>
>
> Yes; you can create new guides numerically. However, you're better off

setting
> it up as 3 pages in a page layout program, and building the job that way.

It'll
> save your sanity; Photoshop is a poor page-layout tool.
>
> --
> Biohazard? Radiation hazard? SO last-century.
> Nanohazard T-shirts now available! http://www.villaintees.com
> Art, literature, shareware, polyamory, kink, and more:
> http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html
>



edjh

2004-05-15, 5:28 pm

Pauline wrote:
> Can you recomend any free programs. I have also got abode illustrator if
> that would be better.


You might try: http://www.mybrochuremaker.com/mybrochuremaker-fun.html

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> "Tacit" <tacitr@aol.com> wrote in message
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> pieces
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> setting
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Tacit

2004-05-18, 7:28 pm

>Can you recomend any free programs. I have also got abode illustrator if
>that would be better.


Illustrator is much, much better, even though it is not a page-layout tool.
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