Ruler Tool For Mac

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From Omnidea:

Omnidea Rulers allows to create on whole screen area a set of rulers, like most common graphic editors allows on their working areas only. Using the guide lines enables to measure and position objects with precision and it's incredibly useful in many fields, such as computer graphics, desktop publishing and web design. Rulers can also be used to select a screen area and take a screenshot that is automatically saved to desktop or copied to system clipboard.

What do you need to know about free software?

Rulers help you position images orelements precisely. When visible, rulers appear along the top andleft side of the active window. Markers in the ruler display thepointer’s position when you move it. Changing the ruler origin (the(0, 0) mark on the top and left rulers) lets you measure from aspecific point on the image. The ruler origin also determines thegrid’s point of origin.

To show or hide rulers, choose View > Rulers.

(Optional) Choose View >Snap To, then choose any combination of options from thesubmenu. This snaps the ruler origin to guides, slices, or document bounds.You can also snap to the grid.

Position the pointer over the intersection of the rulersin the upper-left corner of the window, and drag diagonally downonto the image. A set of cross hairs appears, marking the new originon the rulers.

Note:

You can hold down Shift as you drag tomake the ruler origin snap to the ruler ticks.

To reseta ruler’s origin to its default value, double-click the upper-leftcorner of the ruler.

Double-click a ruler.
(Windows) Choose Edit > Preferences >Units & Rulers, or right-click the ruler and then choose a newunit from the context menu.
(Mac OS) Choose Photoshop >Preferences > Units & Rulers, or Control-click theruler and then choose a new unit from the context menu.

Note:

Changing the units on the Info panel automaticallychanges the units on the rulers.

For Point/Pica Size, choose from the following options:

Sets a unit size compatible for printing to a PostScriptdevice.

Uses 72.27 points per inch, as traditionallyused in printing.