I’d like to be able to accentuate the larger divisions of a 4x4 guide layout from those of an 8x8 grid layout, so that I have the benefit of the detailed 8x8 grid but don’t get lost in it when I transfer a design displayed in Photoshop to paper.
Photoshop already gives us three tools that help, but don’t quite get there:
1) Line Paths could be used to set up resizeable grids, to be stroked with different colors/ thicknesses. That actually would work perfectly for associating lines with particular layers, by grouping. But for standard grids, it is inexact.
2) New Guide lets us set color independently for individual guides. Theoretically, that could be used along with W/H info and a calculator to set up a multi-color 8x8 grid—by 14 tedious steps! It’s just no go.
3) New Guide Layout effectively allows us to make thicker lines by specifying a >0 gutter. But I want to be able to superimpose that guttered, thick (4x4) layout with a gutterless, thin (8x8) layout in a different color. My only option at present involves a sort of green-screened screenshot, an awkward kludge.
So I propose adding a new checkbox to the bottom of the New Guide Layout dialog: “Superimpose Another Layout.” When checked, the dialog is cloned, two “new guide layout” dialogs now displayed side by side, allowing us to specify different settings (or a different preset) for a superimposed grid.
The next time we need it, New Guide Layout opens to its last-used state, and Bingo, perfect guides, with a standard keyboard shortcut (View>Extras>ctrl/comm-H) to toggle visibility!
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