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Artesana93
Participant
Apr 21, 2011 6:14 PM UTC
Question

Snap to grid / guides not working

I'm new to PSE 9 and trying to create a collage with photos aligned vertically and/or horizontally. I have tried enabling both the Snap to Grid and Snap to Guides options but neither one seems to be working "as advertised". I have tried snapping frames, rectangles and rectangular masks to the grid or guides all to no avail. The grid and guides are visible when I move the objects. Any suggestions?

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    Will33558707hc7e
    Participant
    Nov 12, 2023 2:53 PM UTC

    Little Late to the party here but make sure you have the Caps Lock set to OFF, simple oversight but i do it all the time then lose a lot of time trying to troubleshoot lol

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    panchocarlo
    Participating Frequently
    Dec 12, 2021 4:14 PM UTC

    Hi Artesana93,

    This bothered me too. Try what I did. Go to VIEW, SNAP TO and then DOCUMENT BOUNDS. It worked for me. hope it does for you too.

    Pete C

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      ignacioc11386249
      Participant
      Aug 17, 2022 7:17 AM UTC

      THIS IS THE WAY

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      vladimirm8956486
      Participant
      Jul 5, 2016 10:04 AM UTC

      Sometimes PS can be confused if you don't set your grid preferences correctly.

      For example I wonted 1 pixel grid, with thicker grid line every 10 pix.

      By mistake I set:

      "Grid Every: 1 pix"

      "Subdivisions 10"

      And as result, snap to grid didn't work. After changing it to:

      "Grid Every: 10 pix"

      "Subdivisions 10"

      Everything worked just fine.

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      JebusCrisp
      JebusCrisp
      Participant
      Sep 10, 2015 7:27 PM UTC

      I had the same problem. I fixed it by turning OFF snap to layers and keeping everything else on. Basically, it just looked like it wasn't snapping, but in reality is was snapping to so many different places that were about 1px to 2px in distance of each other.

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        whamalamaboom
        whamalamaboom
        Inspiring
        Sep 20, 2015 6:01 PM UTC

        Just hopping in to say I came on to find a solution to the same problem and yours worked for me at least.

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        99jon
        99jon
        Legend
        Apr 21, 2011 6:28 PM UTC

        Try Window >Rulers

        Then click on the vertical or horizontal ruler and drag out a specific guide and drop it where you want.

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        Artesana93Author
        Participant
        Apr 21, 2011 6:39 PM UTC

        I do have the rulers visible as well as the guides and grid. I have also tried having only the grid or only the guides displayed The problem is that none of my objects want to "stick" to these lines.

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          99jon
          99jon
          Legend
          Apr 21, 2011 6:44 PM UTC

          If you firstly enable Grid, for example, on your open image.

          You can then click View >>Snap to.

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