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Step 18: Bring Up The Free Transform Box Around The Triangle Once Again The rest of the triangle above the canvas is currently visible only as an outline. You'll notice that even though we've stretched the triangle beyond the top of the canvas, only the part that falls within the boundaries of the canvas area remains visible in the document. Press Enter (Win) / Return (Mac) when you're done to accept the transformation and exit out of the Free Transform command. The reason why we're stretching the triangle beyond the top of the canvas will become clear in a moment. In my case, it's filled with black:ĭrag the top of the Free Transform box up beyond the top of the canvas to stretch the triangle. When you release the mouse button, the triangle will appear filled with color. Move your mouse left or right as you drag (with the Shift key held down) until the triangle snaps into the "pointing downward" position.Īs you're dragging out the shape, your triangle will appear simply as an outline (also known as a "path"). This will force the triangle to snap to specific angles.
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The easiest way to do that is to hold down your Shift key as you drag out the triangle. By that, I mean that the top side appears perfectly horizontal. You want to make sure that your triangle appears to be pointing downward. It doesn't really matter where you draw your triangle either, I'm just trying to keep us both on the same page since I'm drawing mine in the top left. With the Polygon Tool selected, the number of sides set to 3 and the Shapes option selected in the Options Bar, click somewhere in the top left of your document and drag out a triangle. Select the Shape option in the Options Bar. By default, guides appear in cyan unless you changed the color in Photoshop's Preferences: Release your mouse button at that point, and you'll see your first guide running left to right along the exact middle of the document. Continue dragging downward until you get close to the middle of the document, and as soon as you're close enough to the middle, Photoshop will automatically snap the guide into place. As you drag, you'll see that you're dragging a horizontal guide which will appear as a black dotted line while you have your mouse button held down.
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We'll start with the horizontal guide.Ĭlick anywhere inside the ruler that runs along the top of the document, then drag down towards the middle of the document. The "Snap" option that we enabled in Step 3 will force the guides to automatically snap into place as soon as we're close enough to the middle of the document, and the point where the two guides intersect will be the exact center. As I mentioned earlier, we need to drag out two guides, one vertical and one horizontal. We're ready to find the exact center of our document. Step 5: Drag A Horizontal Guide Into The Middle Of The Document Make sure the "Snap To Guides" option is enabled under the "View" menu.
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In my case (and most likely yours as well), Snap is already enabled: If you do not see the checkmark, it means the Snap option is currently disabled, so click on the option to enable it. If you see the checkmark, it means that Snap is already enabled and there's no need to click on it. By default, the Snap option is enabled, so you should see a checkmark to the left of the option. You'll see the Snap option directly below the Rulers option. To turn the Snap option on, go back up to the View menu at the top of the screen.
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The spot where the two guides intersect is the exact center of the image! With "Snap" enabled, our guides will automatically snap to the horizontal and vertical centers of the document for us. Before we do that, though, we need to make sure the Snap option is enabled. The reason we turned the rulers on was so that we can drag guides out from them, and in a moment, we're going to drag out a couple of guides, one horizontal and one vertical. Step 3: Make Sure The "Snap" Option Is Turned On It makes no difference which measurement type you're using for this effect. The rulers are now visible along the top and left of the document window.ĭepending on how you have your rulers set up in Photoshop's Preferences, your rulers may be showing inches, pixels, centimeters, or some other form of measurement.