User Guide

CHAPTER 8
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Editing and Retouching
• Change the guide from horizontal to vertical, or
vice versa, by holding down Alt (Windows) or
Option (Mac OS) as you click or drag the guide.
• Align the guide with the ruler ticks by holding
down Shift as you drag the guide. The guide will
snap to the grid if the grid is visible and View >
Snap to Grid is selected.
To lock all guides:
Choose View > Lock Guides.
To remove guides from the image:
Do one of the following:
• To remove a single guide, drag the guide outside
the image window.
• To remove all guides, choose View > Clear
Guides.
To turn snapping to guides or the grid on or off:
Choose View > Snap to Guides or Snap to Grid,
respectively.
Grids turned on
To set guide and grid preferences:
1 Choose File > Preferences > Guides & Grid.
2 For Color, choose a color for guides or the grid,
or both. If you choose Custom, click the color box,
choose a color, as described in “Using the Color
palette” on page 215, and click OK.
3 For Style, choose a display option for guides or
the grid, or both.
4 For Gridline Every, enter a value for the grid
spacing. For Subdivisions, enter a value to
subdivide the grid.
If desired, change the units for this option. The
Percent option creates a grid that divides the image
up into even sections. For example, choosing 25
for the Percent option creates an evenly divided
4 by 4 grid.
5 Click OK.
Moving, copying, and pasting
selections
You can move or copy selections and layers within
or between Photoshop images—and also between
images in Photoshop and other applications.
Moving selections and layers within an
image
The move tool lets you drag a selection or layer to
a new location in the image. With the Info palette
open, you can track the exact distance of the move.
To specify move tool options:
1 Double-click the move tool ( ) to display its
Options palette.