Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Snapping to canvas center

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Snapping to canvas center - CS2

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-02-02, 3:17 am

H,
Is it possible to make the center of the Photoshop canvas snap-to-
able? I would like to be able to use the canvas center as a point of
reference but apparently Smart Guides do not snap to it and even
placing guides is a pain in that the only way I have found to center
them is to use the 'info' palette. Does anyone know of a way to easily
locate the center of the canvas without using the grid and preferably
without using guides?

Thanks,
Ron

Derek Fountain

2007-02-02, 6:14 am

> Is it possible to make the center of the Photoshop canvas snap-to-
> able? I would like to be able to use the canvas center as a point of
> reference but apparently Smart Guides do not snap to it and even
> placing guides is a pain in that the only way I have found to center
> them is to use the 'info' palette. Does anyone know of a way to easily
> locate the center of the canvas without using the grid and preferably
> without using guides?

No, but when I needed to do that I wrote an action that put 2 guides
(one horizontal, one vertical) at 50%.

--
Derek Fountain on the web at http://www.derekfountain.org/

Andrew Morton

2007-02-02, 6:14 am

ronviers@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:
> Is it possible to make the center of the Photoshop canvas snap-to-
> able? I would like to be able to use the canvas center as a point of
> reference but apparently Smart Guides do not snap to it and even
> placing guides is a pain in that the only way I have found to center
> them is to use the 'info' palette. Does anyone know of a way to easily
> locate the center of the canvas without using the grid and preferably
> without using guides?

Even setting the origin of the rulers to the centre of the canvas doesn't
help.

For guides, you can enter a position 50% to get them half way.

Andrew

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-02-02, 6:14 pm

On Feb 2, 3:31 am, Derek Fountain <nom...@hursley.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> No, but when I needed to do that I wrote an action that put 2 guides
> (one horizontal, one vertical) at 50%.
>
> --
> Derek Fountain on the web athttp://www.derekfountain.org/

Hi, Derek,
Very good suggestion, I have to think in terms of Actions more often.
I saved it as a part of my normal workspace.

Thanks,
Ron

ronviers@gmail.com

2007-02-02, 6:14 pm

On Feb 2, 3:36 am, "Andrew Morton" <a...@in-press.co.uk.invalid>
wrote:
> ronvi...@XXXXXXXXXX wrote:
>
> Even setting the origin of the rulers to the centre of the canvas doesn't
> help.
>
> For guides, you can enter a position 50% to get them half way.
>
> Andrew

Hi Andrew,
Somehow I never noticed the New Guide option. I learned early,
probably by accident, that new guides could be added by dragging from
the rulers and never tried another way.
Thanks for the tip,
Ron

John Boy

2007-02-02, 6:14 pm

An aside - if you are working with layers and shapes you have several Align
features available.

See Layer - Align