I have a big problem here… (CMYK, 300dpi, 11.25 x 8.75" doc)
I drag my ruler all the way over to the right side of my doc, so I can measure backwards… I place a guide at -3.687" and then proceed to try and drag my ruler to that guide line… the ruler jumps over to the left everytime, not much, but enough for it not to be exact. I can drag guides and the ruler other places and it lines up perfectly… what gives?????
Well, it seems to be hit and miss… the best thing I could do was to zoom in and not place a guide and drag my ruler over. That worked 3 of 5 times. I’m not real sure what the issue is here. It doesn’t make much sense why the ruler would not snap to a common exact measurement (11/16). I suppose I will just continue to growl occasionally and grin and bear it…. Thanks for all your help!
ive had this as well…i just find placing rulers at closer in zoom %’s works better…i’ve even had the info palette disagree with the rulers…i suspect its something lost between screen preview, rulers and snapping to pixel edges and the price of frozen concentrated orange juice.
It doesn’t make much sense why the ruler would not snap to a common exact measurement (11/16).
If the resolution of the image (in terms of ppi) is not exactly divisible by 16, the program would have to round off. For instance, if the resolution is 300ppi, then 11/16" would be 206.25 pixels. In the best scenario the ruler would snap either at 206 or 267, wouldn’t it?
Although I don’t quite understand what you’re saying ("subpixel"), I would think that having half a pixel at or all along the origin (edge) of your canvas would be a lot more problematic than a path inside the image. However, I was only speculating anyway. You may be right.
Ramon, Ann has explained my point better. You can place a path in the middle of a pixel…and as origins are adjustable and more measurement based it doesnt seem quite logical to be contsrained to the pixel grid and not to be able to place them to a measurement precisely..imo.
