Assistance Printed Grid Creation

[TestTools]

Hello. I have created a drawing that I want to add a grid on top of (…actually, layer 3).

I made one the most cumbersome way, individual small boxes – a lot of boxes since the document is 4096x2048 pixels large. I ended up having to resize them which caused them to fall off the native pixel lines of my dislay, aliasing horribly. (It is used to give the eye help locating the Just Noticeable Difference between colors). I resized them to align with the tic marks on the main line. 

I will have to recreate a new grid so it displays correctly (on a 4k laser cinema projector) and place the tic marks based upon the tics. But I would like advice on how better to create a big grid without so many individual items. It prevents me from exporting in PSD FCP layers. (The dialogue box) said it had exceeded 8000 layers!)

Appreciating any advice with thanks.

 

[v_kyr]

Either draw whole doc intersecting horizontal + vertical lines (like dragging out horiz/vert column guides from rulers) for a grid, or don't mess up at all with manual grid drawing at all and instead generate some to your needs adjusted SVG drawn grid, which you reuse (import/open) in ADe.

• https://fffuel.co/ooorganize/
• https://pattern.monster/
• https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/03/svg-generators/
• https://components.ai/svg-grid
• ...

[TestTools]

Thank you v_kyr. I poked around those assets that you linked to (many thanks), and in the end I made the grid again myself with lines that I eventually turned into an SVG file and imported.

I would never have thought of that simple solution. It also allowed me to easily extend the UV section which was a little off. 

Just starting to export the variations but didn't want to delay that thanks any longer.

[carl123]

If you have Publisher, you could also overlay a Table and set up the cell size and cell border colour to make the grid

[TestTools]

Good idea Carl23. I do have Publisher, so I will try that next time...sounds like an excellent tool to use.

As it was, I ended up making a grid with lines at exactly the right dimensions, then making that into an SVG. Later I needed to open it to change the color to a lighter grey, and save that into a new SVG. A tiny bit cumbersome, but it makes the .afdesign file a lot lighter too. 

Thanks!

VisibleSpectrum-Mask-Numbers.afdesign