ButchZ Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 When adding guides such as my image attached, with 25%, 50%, and 75%, are te guides figured out from the edge of the paper or the margins? When sublimating, it is important for center guides, especially in my photo where Im going to place 4 cork coasters at 4" each and split the paper 8.5 " x 11" into quadrants so I can fit 4 coasters on each print See photo attachment for details This is a simple project, but im going to be sublimating a 17 oz Latte mug which is tapered, and since its on an angle, I have to place the center of each image for each side of the mug centered. Attaching that image too The latte mug guides are 25%, 50%, and 75% at the top. Are the guides figured out in percentage from the paper or the margins? Thank you in advance for the help as this has been driving my mind trying to figure out If the guides are correct, I do add another layer with a filed in thin rectangle, so I place on the top guide and move the bottom to the center of the bottom of the mug layout since the guides don't angle like that. PS: I can change the color of the margins, but can I change the color of the guides? Id like to see that simple featured added if not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Ruler Guides are from page/canvas edge, not the margins. Column guides are from the margins, margins can be set to 0 units of measure though. Column guides are accessed from View > Guides... No we cannot change the colour of the Ruler Guides but we can change the colour of the Column Guides. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButchZ Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 Ahhhh. I never knew what those guides were Just the name of them made me ignore even reading about them as I thought werent needed Thank you for the guideance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, ButchZ said: Are the guides figured out in percentage from the paper or the margins? From this screen grab with slightly larger margins than yours, I think it's fairly clear that the origin of percentage-type blue guides is the edge of the paper, not the margins: You can confirm this by drawing rectangles that precisely fit one of the 16ths - they align to the edges of the document: Column guides, by contrast, (coloured red here) originate from the top-left intersection of the margins It's up to you to use the different guides and the margins how you want - there's a lot of flexibility. Edited December 14, 2022 by h_d Typo Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Just a thought: if you set the margins to 0 you can use Column Guides for your 4x4 grid and colour them however you want: Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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