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With Center Columns checked, the columns are once

again centered in the layout but we now have areas with no

set columns on the left and right sides. This might be useful

for a text-styled poster image, such as top-left example.

LET’S ADD ROWS

To add rows to your layout, reopen the New Guide Layout

dialog, select the Rows option, and enter the number of

rows required into the Number field. You can enter a specific

Height for each row, or leave it empty, and Photoshop will

space them out equally from top to bottom. You can also

enter a Gutter value to add space between each row (as we

did with the columns); we’ll use 2 mm to keep things tidy.

To change things a little and make it simpler to view,

we’ll set our number of Rows to 3; change the number of

Columns to 3, each with a 2mm Gutter; and uncheck Cen-

ter Columns again. We’ll leave the Column Width field and

the Row Height field blank to allow Photoshop to space

them out equally.

Note: If you wanted to just create a simple 3x3 grid to lay

out content using the “rule of thirds,” then you can clear the

gutters to keep single guide columns and rows.

ADDING MARGINS

As mentioned before, our guides run from left to right and

top to bottom. But maybe we want to add a margin around