: Is there a way to copy guides from one Photoshop document to another? I'm using Photoshop CS5. I have a PSD file. We'll say it's 600x400. I have guides set up at, let's say, 100 pixels over

@Harper654

Someone dear to me made this script because I needed to copy and paste guides from one doc. to another. This script will let you import and export preexisting guides in your documents. The instructions on how to use it are included. www.mediafire.com/?zz7j7t3fl824p31

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@Yeniel278

I recently came across www.guideguide.me/ as well, and it is a wonderful tool to save presets like these without having to modify any configuration file. It's very solid and intuitive.

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@Shanna688

I've used JavaScript to batch redefine guides on multiple documents at once in the past, but I can't for the life of me find the link to the actual script. This isn't the script I used, but it seems to do the same thing (though I'm not sure if in simultaneous multiples) so you might find it useful.

GuideGuide sounds like a much easier way of doing this for individual documents, though.

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@Phylliss782

GuideGuide is an excellent tool to create guides just by inputting values. This could be very useful, especially if you're a web designer as you can create a complete grid with margins, columns and gutters.

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@Murphy569

Koiyu's suggestion is pretty clever, and I'll have to try that out. But what I generally do is just turn smart guides on and use shapes/paths (boxes and lines primarily). It's easy to wireframe using simple shapes and then use them for guides as well.

At some point I'll usually deleted the shapes and actually replace them with real guides. But that's usually later in the design process when the wireframe is locked in.

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@Sarah814

You can also modify the "default new doc sizes.txt" and create your own "guide templates". You have to be careful to copy the original so you can revert it back if need be. A bit of math is needed to break down the percentages but once complete it works like a dream.

Here is my example:

"web"

"640 x 480" 640 480 pixels screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"800 x 600" 800 600 pixels screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"1024 x 768" 1024 768 pixels screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"1152 x 864" 1152 864 pixels screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"1280 x 1024" 1280 1024 pixels screen dpi RGB 8 1.0
"1280 x 1024 (2 column equal)" 1280 1024 pixels screen dpi RGB 8 1.0 white "none" 11.72 v 12.5 v 49.61 v 50.0 v 50.39 v 87.5 v 88.28 v
"1280 x 1024 (2 column left)" 1280 1024 pixels screen dpi RGB 8 1.0 white "none" 11.72 v 12.5 v 35.16 v 35.94 v 87.5 v 88.28 v
"1280 x 1024 (2 column right)" 1280 1024 pixels screen dpi RGB 8 1.0 white "none" 11.72 v 12.5 v 64.06 v 64.84 v 87.5 v 88.28 v
"1280 x 1024 (3 column equal)" 1280 1024 pixels screen dpi RGB 8 1.0 white "none" 11.72 v 12.5 v 36.72 v 37.89 v 62.11 v 63.28 v 87.5 v 88.28 v
"1600 x 1200" 1600 1200 pixels screen dpi RGB 8 1.0

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@LarsenBagley460

The best way I know to "save guides" is to create an action which actually creates the guides. Some notes:


When recording the action, it is better to create the guides using View → New Guide… rather than dragging.
Also note that while you can type whatever unit in the guide creation box (e.g. "95%" or "2px") the action will convert the value to whatever the ruler unit is set to while recording.
And when you later run the action, it will use the converted value regardless of what the current ruler unit is set to.


(I also answered to a related question on SuperUser)

It's unfortunate that guides can't be copied in Photoshop in the same manner as they could e.g. in InDesign.

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