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CS6 - Unable to snap vector anchor points to grid or guides

May 7, 2012 8:29 PM

CS6 Extended (not beta version)

Windows 7

 

I need the anchor points to snap to whatever I have my gridlines and subdivisions set to in preferences along with guides I place. When I make the initial anchor points, they snap, but moving them after that, they don't snap. I see the new snap vector to pixel grid, but for the majority of my projects, that will not be used.

 

I have snap check marked and snap to all selected. Never had this problem before CS6.

 

Any help would be much appreciated,

 

Thanks

3224 Views   12 Replies   Latest reply: RMGDESIGN, Sep 2, 2012 5:54 PM
 
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  • Trevor.Dennis
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    1. Trevor.Dennis,
    May 7, 2012 9:34 PM   in reply to RMGDESIGN
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    I'm not sure if you can use snap-to when moving an anchor point, but you can get a degree of control using the Shift key which will force vertical or horizontal movement.  

     
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  • R_Kelly
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    2. R_Kelly,
    May 7, 2012 9:53 PM   in reply to RMGDESIGN
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    It didn't seem to work in the cs6 beta version either, but previous versions of photoshop did.

     
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    3. RMGDESIGN,
    May 7, 2012 10:12 PM   in reply to Trevor.Dennis
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    Thank you both for your quick reply. As of now I have to use CS5 to do vector anchor snapping. I have my grid set to inches and I'm snapping a lot of anchor points and need this vector shape proportionally correct.

     

     

    This is a big problem if I have to switch between CS5 and 6 all the time. With CS 2, 3, 4, 5, I had no problem. I upgrade to CS6 to find a big downgrade but, I hope I'm just not seeing a new option to turn on snap vector to gridlines and guides.

     

     

    Sometimes people need to snap anchor points to gridline percentages, centimeters etc. This is such a basic necessity to have. If someone knows how to hopefully turn this feature on in CS6 please let me know.

     

     

    Thanks again

     
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  • Chris Cox
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    4. Chris Cox,
    May 7, 2012 10:16 PM   in reply to RMGDESIGN
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    That's odd - with snap to pixel turned off, the snap to everything else should work the same as it did before.

    Sounds like something is up with the anchor selection tool.

     
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  • RMGDESIGN
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    5. RMGDESIGN,
    May 7, 2012 10:38 PM   in reply to Chris Cox
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    Thank you Chris for your reply. Yes my thoughts exactly, someone would think if snap vector to pixel grid is turned off then it would use whatever you have selected in the snap to list.

     

    Again, this is such a basic necessity to have. By what you replied, it would seem to me this could be fixed with an update. I hope this is the case. If this is not fixed, then it will slow down my workflow considerably.

     

    Thank you all for the replies on this problem.

     
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  • Trevor.Dennis
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    6. Trevor.Dennis,
    May 7, 2012 10:39 PM   in reply to RMGDESIGN
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    Well I have just learnt something.  I went back to CS5 and yes it works as stated, but because I always keep the Ctrl key down while moving points, I have never before let go of the Ctrl key while still holding the point with the mouse, so had not realised it would snap to point.  It's ironic that I have discovered a feature just as it stops working.

     
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  • RMGDESIGN
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    7. RMGDESIGN,
    May 7, 2012 11:12 PM   in reply to Trevor.Dennis
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    It's extremely useful and vital for me to snap anchor points. I've used just about all the grid options for different projects. I replicated 35mm film perfectly and proportionally correct, but I would not have been able to do that if I couldn't snap to a millimeter grid. To me it was almost pointless for me to upgrade when something I use all the time is now not functioning. It is very cool to now have Illustrator like strokes in Photoshop.

     
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    8. sbdb,
    May 8, 2012 1:12 AM   in reply to Trevor.Dennis
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    Trevor.Dennis wrote:

     

    Well I have just learnt something.  I went back to CS5 and yes it works as stated, but because I always keep the Ctrl key down while moving points, I have never before let go of the Ctrl key while still holding the point with the mouse, so had not realised it would snap to point.  It's ironic that I have discovered a feature just as it stops working.

     

    You're not the only one Trevor, I never knew either that you need to let go of the Ctrl key.

     

     

    As for the issue; most definitely a bug, I have the same problem.

     
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  • Chris Cox
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    9. Chris Cox,
    May 9, 2012 6:35 PM   in reply to Chris Cox
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    Yeah, it's a bug.  The tracker for the direct select path tool fails to constrain the drag like it should.  The other tools seem to be fine.

     
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    10. RMGDESIGN,
    May 10, 2012 10:52 PM   in reply to Chris Cox
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    Chris Cox wrote:

     

    Yeah, it's a bug.  The tracker for the direct select path tool fails to constrain the drag like it should.  The other tools seem to be fine.

    Thank you Chris for looking into this. Is this something that can be corrected soon in an update?

     
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  • madebypixle
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    11. madebypixle,
    Jun 13, 2012 7:01 AM   in reply to Chris Cox
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    When we can expect fix for snap anchor points to grid subdivisions?

     
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    12. RMGDESIGN,
    Sep 2, 2012 5:54 PM   in reply to RMGDESIGN
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    Photoshop CS6 13.0.1 Update fixed the problem. Thank you big time for this fix!

     
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