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Making vertical/horizontal guide permanent? - shorte85 - 02-16-2022
I was wondering if there is a way to make it so that when I open a new canvas in gimp, that the center horizontal guide and vertical guide lines are already there automatically without having to do it manually? I tried looking in the preferences settings, but not sure if I was looking in the right area or not.
Thanks.
RE: Making vertical/horizontal guide permanent? - rich2005 - 02-16-2022
No way from standard Gimp options. Two possibilities.
1) Use a script to set the guides: The simplest is here: Greggs crosshairs https://www.gimp-forum.net/attachment.php?aid=4171 There are others.
That registers in the layers menu. To avoid the menu assign a keyboard shortcut key.
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2) If the canvas size is constant. Make a blank canvas. Set the center line guides. Save the canvas as a Gimp .xcf . All guides / layers / channels / active selections ... are saved. Instead of Image -> New Open the .xcf you made.
RE: Making vertical/horizontal guide permanent? - shorte85 - 02-16-2022
Oh my god, thank you so much! That makes it so much easier and quicker. I appreciate it!