Dec 15
Disable Snap to Grid in a snap
2005 at 01.22 am posted by Veerle Pieters
The Snap to Grid is a handy (Photosop) function, but have you ever been a bit frustrated because it gets in your way? OK maybe you think, no problem I just hit command + shift + semicolon to switch it on or off. OK that’s one way, and the most common way indeed.
But have you ever considered holding down the control key while making your selection or while cropping? I find this a nice trick, particular when you just want to disable the snap function just for the one moment ;-) I use this a lot particular when I need to move a guide and it snaps to an element (because it’s in the current/active layer).
To try it out, make sure that holding down the control key is your last action. So don’t hold down the key first.
14served
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Exactly! I found this out by accident about a couple of months ago and since that point I use it by default wich means I don’t even turn of the stg funcion at all.
Same with the move-Tool - if you press ctrl, you can move the selected layer
Increases the workflow-speed!
Cheers
Rolphee
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My favourite setting is to switch off snapping by default. Only when I need a snap (that’s not that often) , I press Control.
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Must start using this,
opposite to your tip, but still useful for guides (that most people probably know), when creating a new guide hold down “shift” and it will snap to points on the ruler
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@Veerle: top tip!
@Phil, pressing ALT will switch the orientation of the ruler Horizontal > Vertical and vice versa.
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That is amazing! I never knew about that! I thought the Ctrl+Shift+; shortcut was handy, but that’s going to save me a lot of time!
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Ctrl+Shift+; also works in Illy & InDy to turn off snap to guides. Ctr+; turns guides on and off.
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Ahhh I love shortcuts!!! Thanks for the tip!
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I knew about this through the podcast “PhotoshopTV” (highly recommended). Sad there is no the same “easy” way for windows users.
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Whaaaaaaaaaaa those grid lines drove me mad yesterday…
...nice timing :)
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Awesome shortcut - thanks!!
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Yea, i knew this trick already but it’s a big timesaver and before i knew it i went mad at PS on a regular basis ... now i just get mad now and then :)
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Excellent tips, I have been wondering just the same things that you mentioned in this article!
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Thanks for this fantastic tip! I did not know about this.
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Great tip, thanks for sharing! These little shortcuts sure do make your life easier.