P: Custom Guides (groupable, colorable, nameable guides)

Also ability to rotate guides.

I've been thinking about this for years now. I really think Guide Sets would be an AMAZING feature in Photoshop.

The ability to lay down guides in a specific set, and then turn them on/off individually. Along with this would be the ability to choose the color of your guides in a set so that you could have multiple sets turned on and know which guides are related to what set.

For example, "set one" has blue guides, "set two" has pink guides, "set three" has green guides, and you can turn them on and off individually.

Awesome? Yes. I think so.

If I remember correctly the Script, when invoked, offers a dialog from whence you can save the current Guides, load a previously saved set of Guides or add them to the Guides currently in the document.
The sets of Guides are saved with the XMP metadata, so they should stay available with the individual documents.

And yes, Paul’s Scripts and his advice on Scripting matters are indeed a boon.

Christoph,
Thanks for the link.
As I've said in another post, Paul Riggott's scripting skills are invaluable.
He has solved two previous problems for me that I had put in as a Request Feature.

I have no scripting knowledge. I know that I'll use Photoshop ExtendKit to paste Paul's code into and save in the appropriate location.

Can you till me how I would then use this script? How does it work? I have not added the script to CS5 yet. So maybe it's self explanatory.

I read the OP by Shan-Dysigns... had to get out my NASA silver heat shield!! and put on a welding helmet and gloves to endure the flame throwing. Sad.

JeffN

Again, check out Paul Riggott’s Script here:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/932834...

Might be interesting to save and load set(s) of guides, this way, the document could have all or parts of guides sets loaded, making the document less heavy on visual

Here is another "Guides" request.
I have a need for multiple colored guides. Photoshop allows one color of guides.
I often have images that I need to provide cropping guides for the client. And often the same photo needs to be cropped several different ways depending on the final use. It would be valuable to be able to put more than one set of guides using different colors to show the different cropping uses. The same can be said for marking trim and cropped areas using different colored guides.

Jeff N

I have been looking for this function for over 2 years. I thought I was to stupid to understand how to do this.

I couldn't imagine in my wildest fantasy that Adobe had over looked such a vital function in a program that is entirely layer based!

Please add this function ASAP. I'm swearing every day over the lack of this functionality...

Hello,

It will perfect with this feature, but why this feature is not already in ? well, wait and see.

Have a good day !
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There is a suggestion for “Reference line” of Photoshop.
When I design the layout of website, I use lots of reference lines for difference areas, such as header, nav, content and footer. Sometimes I put lots of lines and frames for a “LIST” in the content area. It will be very hard to recognize the reference lines for the LIST in the content, footer or header. If any function could set different colors of reference lines for difference areas I set, pls keep me informed. Also if I can group the reference lines then set hiding or appearing, that will be wonderful.