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In the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro, you can put your graphics and video elements exactly where you want them — with new Rulers and Guides.
The latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro has been released, and one of the most anticipated new features is Rulers and Guides. Much like After Effects and Photoshop, users can now add custom guides to the Program Monitor. Let’s take a step-by-step look at how to create a custom overlay setup for exporting square videos to social media platforms.
Step 1 — Turn on Guides and Rulers
Before I start creating custom guides for my Program Monitor, I first need to turn them on so I can see them. For this, I’ll select View > View Guides and View > Show Rulers. To avoid constantly jumping up into the View menu, I’ll add shortcut buttons. To add them, I’ll click on the Button Editor (plus sign) at the bottom right of the panel, then simply drag the two buttons over to add them.
Step 2 — Add Custom Guides
One of the features (I absolutely love) about the new guides is that you can position them precisely via a pixel or percent value. To add a square value, I’ll need to perform some basic math. If I’m editing in a 1920×1080 format, then I’ll want to add vertical guides to measure 1080 between them, from the center of the frame. For this, I’ll simply subtract 1920×1080, which will give me 840 pixels. Now, I’ll divide by two. This will give me the distance of each guide from the outer edges (420 pixels).
To add a guide, I’ll go to View > Add Guide, or simply right-click on the ruler. In the Add Guide dialogue box, I can now create two guides. I’ll simply put the position at 420 pixels, making sure that the orientation is set to vertical, then create one set to the left and the next to the right. Finally, I’ll add a few additional guides so I can see the upper and lower thirds, as well as the center of the frame. For these, I can use basic percent values — such as 50 and 33.
Step 3 — Position Your Elements
Now, it’s time to position my elements. To make sure I don’t accidentally move one of my guides, I’ll select View > Lock Guides. Next, I’ll bring in my video clips, as well as any graphic elements. To perfectly position items, I’ll turn on snapping via View > Snap in Program Monitor. If I’m not happy with any of the guides, I can unlock them and simply drag them off screen.
Step 4 — Save and Share
If I’d like to reuse this setup for future use, I’ll go to View > Guide Templates > Save Guides as Template. To rename, import, or export templates, I’ll go to View > Guide Templates > Manage Guides. This can be extremely useful if I’m working on a team and we need to position branding elements. It helps keep everything uniform.
Now that I think of it, how did users perfectly position elements prior to this release?
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After Effects 6.5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
After Effects 6.5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide
Rulers and Guides
Like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, After Effects lets you view rulers as well as set guides to help you arrange and align images. As usual, you can change the zero point of the rulers and toggle the rulers and guides on and off.
To show or hide rulers
With a Footage or Composition window active, do one of the following:
- To view rulers, choose View > Show Rulers.
- To hide rulers, choose View > Hide Rulers.
- Press Command-R (Mac) or Ctrl-R (Windows) to toggle the rulers on and off (Figure 3.81). Figure 3.81 After Effects uses the same keyboard shortcut to show and hide rulers—Command-R (Mac) or Ctrl-R (Windows).
To set the zero point of rulers
- If the rulers aren't visible, make them visible using one of the techniques described in the previous task.
- Position the pointer at the crosshair at the intersection of the rulers in the upper-left corner of the Footage, Composition, or Layer window. The pointer becomes a crosshair (Figure 3.82).Figure 3.82 When you position the pointer at the intersection of the rulers, it becomes a crosshair icon.
- Drag the crosshair into the image area. Horizontal and vertical lines indicate the position of the mouse (Figure 3.83).Figure 3.83 Drag the crosshair at the intersection of the rulers into the image area…
- Release the mouse to set the zero point (Figure 3.84). Figure 3.84 …and release to set the zero point of the rulers.The rulers use the zero point you selected.
To reset the zero point of the rulers
- Double-click the crosshair at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical rulers. The rulers' zero point is reset to the upper-left corner of the image.
To set guides
- If the rulers aren't visible, make them visible by pressing Command-R (Mac) or Ctrl-R (Windows).
- Position the pointer inside the horizontal or vertical ruler. The pointer changes into a Move Guide icon.
- Drag into the image area (Figure 3.85). Figure 3.85 Drag from a ruler into the image area to add a guide.A line indicates the position of the new guide.
- Release the mouse to set the guide.
To reposition or remove a guide
- Make sure the guides are visible and unlocked (see the following sections). You can't move a guide if guides are locked.
- Position the pointer over a guide. The pointer changes into a Move Guide icon.
- Do one of the following:
- To reposition the guide, drag it to a new position.
- To remove the guide, drag it off the image area.
To show and hide guides
- To show hidden guides, choose View > Show Guides (Figure 3.86). Figure 3.86 You can choose View > Show Guides or View > Hide Guides, but it's worth learning the keyboard shortcut: Command-; (Mac) or Ctrl-; (Windows). Photoshop uses the same shortcut.
- To hide visible guides, choose View > Hide Guides.
- To toggle guides on or off, press Command-; (Mac) or Ctrl-; (Windows).
To lock and unlock guides
- To lock guides, choose View > Lock Guides (Figure 3.87). Figure 3.87 Choose View > Lock Guides to prevent guides from being moved unintentionally. To unlock the guides, Choose View > Unlock Guides.
- To unlock guides, choose View > Unlock Guides.
To customize the default guide options
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- Choose After Effects > Preferences > Grids & Guides (Mac) or Edit > Preferences > Grids & Guides (Windows) (Figure 3.88). Figure 3.88 Choose After Effects > Preferences > Grids & Guides (Mac) or Edit > Preferences > Grids & Guides (Windows).The Grids & Guides panel of the Prefer ences dialog box appears (Figure 3.89).Figure 3.89 The Grids & Guides panel of the Preferences dialog box appears.
- In the Guides section of the Preferences dialog box, do any of the following (Figure 3.90): Figure 3.90 In the Guides section of the Preferences dialog box, choose a color and a line style.Color— Use the color picker or eyedropper to choose a color for the guidelines.Style— Choose whether you want the grid to appear as lines or dashed lines.
- Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.
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