How To Make Guides In Illustrator

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Illustrator in 60 Seconds: How to Create Custom Guides in AI

Always wanted to create custom guides from more intricate shapes simply never knew exactly how? Well, if that's the case, you should watch this quick video, which will show you how easy the process is!

By default, Illustrator comes with a bones Ruler system that you can turn on using the Command-R keyboard shortcut. Y'all can use it to add both horizontal and vertical guidelines, to which your shapes can snap, by simply clicking and dragging them out.

Simply what almost those situations when you need to build a gear up of custom guides based on more intricate shapes? You'll be happy to hear that the software allows you to do only that using any shape, as long every bit it's a vector.

In my example, I've fix a elementary grid organisation that I'll exist using for some custom icons that I've built using a couple of basic geometric shapes and strokes.

example of shapes to be converted into guides

To catechumen my shapes into guides, I first take to select them then go to View > Guides > Brand Guides or use the faster right click > Make Guides pick. This will turn them into a custom reference filigree that I can lock and use to build my assets on.

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