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P: Support for grids, guides and ruler tool for Photoshop for iPad

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
November 4, 2019
140 replies
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We need to have the grids and the guides in Photoshop for iPad ! I can’t work without them. Thank you !

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karma007

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Sadly, I have to agree with you 😫

I work for a software company and our product manager is always talking about the bottom line. As a software developer, I am always talking about making our existing product better for customers.

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dem0n1

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Software subscriptions don't lead to a company working on things that their customers need to be implemented, what they do is give the company a stable bottom line so they can do more stock buybacks and executive compensation packages. It will take a lot of cancelled subscriptions to get corporate to take notice. Anything else leads to laughter from offices filled with your cash with executives Scrooge McDuck swimming in it.

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karma007

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The fact is, Adobe just doesn't care about the Community.
It would take just one member of the core team to inspect the community feed, a couple of times each month, to realise that we have been asking for this feature for many years.
Absolutely terrible optics for such a powerful corporation.

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Pixguy

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Photoshop for iPad is useless without rulers and guides. How this so complicated for Adobe to add such a basic feature for many years is beyond my comprehension.

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karma007

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Honestly iOS iPad is barely worth using. There are so many basic features missing like the pen tool, numeric scale, shapes, gradient circle, other linear gradient options like adding more stoppers, colours etc, rulers

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matthewr45878070

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I need the ruler tool, grids and guides, to be able to print my work to correct scale. Please add!

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Eric Fermon

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Need rulers in Photoshop for iPad asap... this is a major fubar!

Glenn 8675309

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Users have been wanting this for at least 4 years. Posting essentially the same concern, only 8 minutes apart, can cause a bit of confusion, I'm going with this post and ignoring the other one.
Currently there is no way to add a built-in grid or rulers to Photoshop for iPad. While these features are available on the desktop version of Photoshop, the iPad app lacks native support for them. You can only get an approximate idea of dimensions using the selection tool and layer properties, or by creating your own visual grid as a separate image layer.

Workarounds for the Photoshop iPad App:

Use a dedicated grid image:Create a grid in desktop Photoshop and save it as a PNG image. Then, import this image into your iPad project as a new layer to use as a visual reference.
Use the Ruler Tool from another app:You could use a different app, like the iOS-based Affinity Designer, which supports on-screen rulers, to find the exact dimensions you need.

Wish I could say "do this" and you get rulers, but currently it aint a gonna happen.

You are not the only one to express a concern about this.

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Eric Fermon

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Not having rulers or grids and guidelines in Photoshop for iPad is a major failure!!!

MegRabbit

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Whoops, I;m not the OP, I've just been on this thread for so long I thought I was. Anyway, use procreate. Adobe doesn't care about any of us.

MegRabbit

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I'm the OP. I gave up on this feature a long time ago and moved to Procreate, and I encourage you to do the same if you're looking for a reasonably priced iPad design software.

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