Crop / Trim marks on Layer in PS CS6

<p>Howdy all,<br /> I'm helping someone with a photo they are working on. They were told that in PS, they could add crop marks on a separate layer. One of the crop lines needs to be a diagonal. Any help would be appreciated.<br /> Rick</p>

Perhaps this thread will help:

 

https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/cropping-pictures-diagonally-in-photoshop.1278026/

<p>Benoit,<br>

Thanks for the link, but that is not what I am asking about. I'm trying to find out how to make diagonal crop marks, not how to crop on a diagonal. I appreciate the help though,<br>

Rick</p>

<p>Google is your friend<br>

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-crop-marks-photoshop-54125.html</p>

<p>Robert,<br>

Again, thanks for link but again not a way of making diagonal crop marks, or a polygon one either. I appreciate the help.</p>

<p>BTW - On your "Google is your friend" comment: If it was an attempt at humor, it missed the mark, widely, if it was intended otherwise, it hit dead on.</p>

<p>Hi Rick-- I'm not sure I understand exactly what you want to do here and the purpose of the crop marks you are making. Are you looking to make marks on the image itself (on a layer different than the one holding the image) so you can cut the print to fit some specific shape/design (e.g., to fit in a mat)? If this is the case, you can create a new empty top layer and draw your lines accordingly using the line tool. Of course, without knowing what your end goal is here, I don't know if this is close to what you are looking to achieve. The crop marks that PS places on prints are selected during the printing component of the process--and as you probably know, they are not diagonal and not stored on a layer.</p>

<p>David,<br /> That is what I thought. Yet I was told it could be done. Under normal circumstances I would just increase the canvas size to give some white space & draw the lines. The issue is that this is a image that will be about 32 feet by 11 feet. The extra white space is not an option.<br /> In essence what I need to be able to do is this<br /> <img 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alt="" /><br /> Any ideas would be appreciated.<br /> Rick</p>

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<p>At 32 feet by 11 feet, I have to ask, how are you printing this? I just set up a (blank) document at this size and depending on how you plan to process the image, other than the magnitude of scale here, you could certainly treat it the same way you would any other size print. If you are printing to this size exactly, i.e., your media is 32'x11' and there is no extra space to run your lines to beyond the image, why not just set your document size to this dimension and throw your crop marks on the top layer. You can turn on a grid in PS to help pinpoint exactly where your marks should go.</p>

<p>If you are printing this in passes -- say something like 16 strips, eleven feet long and two feet wide (not counting for any overlap here which you should have) -- that will be assembled when they have all been printed, the crop marks could also be useful to keep things lined up. Sounds like you are printing a billboard or large mural...definitely too big for my living room wall!</p>

<p>David,<br>

The printing is not in my hands. As I said I was asked to place crop marks on the image 32 feet long, one side 11 feet the other 7 feet, more or less as my pictagram shows. So if I am following you, it will not do what I was asked to do. Thanks anyway.<br>

Rick</p>

<p>Rick, Have you tried the stroke tool on a layer?</p>