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Hey guys, how to convert PS guides into paths or strokes?

Explorer ,
Oct 27, 2022 Oct 27, 2022

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I created a guide layout but I need it in the visible form of a path or stroke, how to convert it, thanks.

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Community Expert , Oct 27, 2022 Oct 27, 2022

Try this script. It will draw a rectangle shape around the guide. Change the line width to what you want. It will center the shape on the guide.

 

#target photoshop 
var lineWidth = 6
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
var doc = activeDocument
var g = doc.guides

for(var i=0;i<g.length;i++){
    var loc = g[i].coordinate.value

    if(g[i].direction == 'Direction.HORIZONTAL'){
        makeLine (loc-lineWidth/2, 0, loc+lineWidth/2, doc.width)        
        }
    else{
        makeLine (
...

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Community Expert , Oct 28, 2022 Oct 28, 2022

This version of the script will allow you to use the color picker to set the line color. It will use the foreground color, if you want to just set the foreground color before hand and not use the picker, set the variable userColor to false.

#target photoshop 
var lineWidth = 6
var userColor = true;

if(userColor){
    app.showColorPicker()
    }

var cRed = foregroundColor.rgb.red;
var cGreen = foregroundColor.rgb.green;
var cBlue = foregroundColor.rgb.blue;

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.P
...

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Community Expert , Oct 29, 2022 Oct 29, 2022

Here's a script that will break all the vertical lines at the gutters.

 

#target photoshop 
var lineWidth = 6
var userColor = false;

if(userColor){
    app.showColorPicker()
    }

var cRed = foregroundColor.rgb.red;
var cGreen = foregroundColor.rgb.green;
var cBlue = foregroundColor.rgb.blue;

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
var doc = activeDocument
var g = doc.guides
var vertG = []
var horG = []
var coord = new Array();

for (i=0;i<g.length;i++){
    if(g[i].direction == 'Direction
...

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Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2022

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Can the texts fill in the margins of the textbox I have just defined the size?

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Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2022

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Is the font types editable? It always sets the default.

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The best to do is for the text to align into the guide margins within the size of the text box I have defined.

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Can you show what you're getting when you run the script?

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Sure.

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I'm not sure what to do about that, as I don't have a way to test that font on my computer. This is what I get when testing.

 

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Pls tell me whether it can align with the text box.

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Can it just stay in a text box rather than separate individually?

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I'm not sure. Since I can't test how your font reacts on my computer, I'm not sure what I can do. Maybe what you want in each text box, can be put in a CSV file, then what goes in one box can be extracted properly.

I tried to make the script work to overflow to a new document, but suddenly, I have a very odd problem of one column of boxes have two characters in them. So far I can't figure out why that is happening.

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Another option might be to just type out separate layers of text in a separate group, that the script will then attempt to align into the boxes. I'm really not sure how to solve this.

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Thank you!

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