![]() Now, with the “Rotate” tool still selected, click on your composition. If you want to rename your paths, simply double click on the current path name and type a new one (I renamed my paths “Original” for the first path we created and “30 degrees” for the duplicate path – outlined in green).Ĭlick on the path you wish to rotate, making it the active path (I will click on the “30 degrees” path to make it active – red arrow in the image above). A new path will be created titled “Unnamed copy” (blue arrow). To do this, I’ll click the “duplicate” icon at the bottom of the Paths dialogue (red arrow). I’ll now duplicate this path so that we can create multiple custom guides at various angles. I’ll click the “Show/Hide” icon (blue arrow) so I can see this path on the document/image. Here, you’ll see the path we just drew – titled “Unnamed” by default). Next, I’ll come over to the “Paths” tab (red arrow in the above image). I’ll start by grabbing my rotate tool from the Toolbox (red arrow in the image above – shortcut key shift+r) and setting the “Transform” mode to “Path” (blue arrow) in the Tool Options for this tool. Once my path is placed across the center of my composition, I can now use the Rotate tool to create custom guides at any angle. Note: if you are having trouble precisely getting your mouse positioned at the halfway measurement (540 in this case), simply zoom in a bit more on your composition (you can do this using ctrl+mouse wheel or cmd+mouse wheel on a MAC). I’ll click to place the second point of my path (red arrow). Once again, I’ll make sure the measurement reads “540” in the lower left corner (blue arrow in the image above) of the image window. Now that I have my first point of my path placed, I’ll hover my mouse over the other end of the document at the horizontal center guide. This is to ensure that when I rotate the guide later it will be long enough to span the entire length of the document. Notice that I’ve placed the first point off the canvas – creating a little bit of distance from the left edge of the document. ![]() ![]() So, once the position of my mouse reads 540, I’ll click to place the first point of my guide (blue arrow). Because my image is 1080 pixels tall, I know that the exact horizontal center of my image is at 540 pixels. To ensure I am precisely placing the first point of my path, I am looking at the measurement in the lower left corner of the image window (green arrow). So, I’ll place my path along the horizontal center of my image by hovering my mouse over the horizontal center guide. You can also perform this technique from the vertical center of the image. In this first example, I’ll be creating custom guides that rotate from the horizontal center of the image. To do this, grab the paths tool from your toolbox (red arrow in the image above – shortcut key “b”). If you want guides placed at an angle on your image, you’ll have to draw paths and set those paths at the angles you want. If you do this for both “Vertical” and “Horizontal” options, you will now have center guides on your image. Set the dropdown value (red arrow in the image above) to either vertical or horizontal, then type “50” in the numerical field (green arrow) as the value. For starters, you can always place center guides in your composition by going to Image>Guides>New Guide by Percent.
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