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COPY GUIDES:
/* https://www.reflections-ibs.com/media/1241/guides-copy.jsx */
#target photoshop
main();
function main(){
if(Number(app.version.match(/\d+/)) <12) return;
if(!documents.length) return;
var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
setGuides();
app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;
function setGuides(){
var guides = app.activeDocument.guides;
if(guides.length == 0){
alert("N
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I absolutley do not understand why the functionality of copying and pasting guides to other documents was removed/moved?
In which version was this a (default) feature?
What is your actual problem?
I can’t find Paul Riggott’s Script on Guide-transfer etc., maybe this can help:
// take guides from active document and add them to other open documents after removing their existing guides;
// 2013, use at your own risk;
#target photoshop
if (app.documents.length > 0 && app.activeDocument.guides.length > 0) {main()};
////// function //////
function main () {
// set to pixels;
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
// collect guides;
var theArray = new Array;
for (var m = 0; m < myDocument.guides.length; m++) {
theArray.push([myDocument.guides[m].coordinate, myDocument.guides[m].direction])
};
app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
// get all open documents;
var theDocs = app.documents;
for (var o = 0; o < app.documents.length; o++) {
var thisDocument = app.documents[o];
// proceed if not original document;
if (thisDocument != myDocument) {
app.activeDocument = thisDocument;
var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
// remove existing guides;
for (var n = thisDocument.guides.length-1; n >=0; n--) {
thisDocument.guides[n].remove()
};
// add guides;
for (var p = 0; p < theArray.length; p++) {
thisDocument.guides.add(theArray[p][1], theArray[p][0]);
};
app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
};
};
};
I cannot remember that this was a default option in any Photoshop version.
Please post the link to the article you mentioned.
I did see this script but it seems funny to have to resort to creating ,implementing, and troubleshooting scripts for a basic function that was removed/moved.
If you don’t want to use Photoshop’s customisation options (Actions, Scripts, Keyboard Shortcuts, …) then you would appear to be stuck with its default behaviour. It’s your own choice.
If you want to post a Feature Request please start a new thread and mark it »Idea« instead of »Discussion«.
But what if the zero of the ruler does not match in the documents?
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By @r-bin
Good point!
I haven't tested this... But if this was a problem (I'm guessing that it is, otherwise you wouldn't have mentioned it), one can always reset the origin point with additional code:
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