In photoshop, if i select View -> New Guide...

the guide created is document level.

Is there a way to make guides in Photoshop layer, group, folder associated?

that's what i was praying for when i first heard about 'Smart Guides' in CS2 ...

:crash:

dang

not that I know of, sorry

Not in PS. Illustrator does layer level just fine.

As a stop gap, I've done a vector object or path as a guide, and tied those to folders

You could also use the pencil tool at 1px to make guides.

Yeah. You are pretty much boned. :(

That shit's some crazy ideas, yo'

Originally posted by: Tha.Riddla You could also use the pencil tool at 1px to make guides.

not a bad idea there... or the line shape tool, for that matter.

As a kludge, I've actually written simple actions to divide documents up into, for example, thirds by drawing lines on a layer which is overlaid on the original via Overlay, Soft Light, etc.

Originally posted by: arigato [quote]Originally posted by: Tha.Riddla You could also use the pencil tool at 1px to make guides.

not a bad idea there... or the line shape tool, for that matter.[/quote]

Read up froggy!

Yeah, I saw that & was in fact responding to it - the advantage to using the shape tools is that they're not rasterized. You should know better than to doubt me.

Originally posted by: persist Is there a way to make guides in Photoshop layer, group, folder associated?

Originally posted by: rogue_designer As a stop gap, I've done a vector object or path as a guide, and tied those to folders

Originally posted by: arigato ... or the line shape tool, for that matter.

surely Rogue_D had it... yet Ari's answer and naming convention was perhaps better focused

using the Line Tool, and creating a Path associated with a Shape Layer... allows creation of a Path which is visible without having the Path actively selected in the Paths Panel... the Shape Layer's visiblitity can then of course be turned on & off or can be associated with a Group etc—which the Path alone cannot

Ah, of course, I misunderstood what the bitchslap was referencing. I thought r_d was talking about doing something CRAZY with a path - which would indeed work but couldn't be tied to a specific layer. I accept my shaming.

Originally posted by: arigato Ah, of course, I misunderstood what the bitchslap was referencing. I thought r_d was talking about doing something CRAZY with a path - which would indeed work but couldn't be tied to a specific layer. I accept my shaming.

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I wish I had saved that.

YES!!!

Now if i could just safely share this thread with my coworkers without getting an email from HR...

You guys rock. Thanks for the brainstorm.