You must know that the distance shown as the value of L1 and L2 is not actual. Now you just need to draw a new line as we did in Section 1. The mouse cursor automatically changes to an angle icon that is shown in the screenshot below. To do it, all you need to do is to hold down Alt/Opt key while keeping your mouse cursor new to the endpoint. This option only gets activated when we need to calculate another new line along with the original first line. You can also calculate the L1 manually by using Pythagoras theorem, W, and H. In the above screenshot, the value of L1 is 357 means the distance between two points is 357 pixels.

This option shows the actual distance between two points. The angle is measured relative to the X-axis. This shows the angle between your end point and the start point.

For example, if my end point lies 1200 pixels from the extreme left and my start point lies 800 pixels from the extreme left, W would be -400 (800-1200) in that case. This is a difference between the Y ordinate of your endpoint and the Y ordinate of the start point. For example, if my end point lies 1000 pixels from the extreme left and my start point lies 800 pixels from the extreme left, W would be 200 (1000-800) in that case. This is a difference between the X ordinate of your endpoint and the X ordinate of the start point. If your start point lies 502 pixels from the extreme left and 983 pixels from the extreme top, Photoshop will show you 502 in the X-axis and 983 from the Y-axis. This is just a geometrical representation of your start point in X and Y axis. I am going to explain each and every options one by one. This options generally look very much different from the traditional option bar to a novice. Below is a screenshot of the option bar that you should see if you are using Photoshop CC. Like all other Photoshop tools, this tool also comes with its own options/settings. Now let’s move to Section 2 where we will deal with all the advanced techniques that we can do with Ruler Tool. Simple, isn’t it? This tool is pretty much simpler as compared to most of the Photoshop tools. The distance between the two pixels is approximately 357 pixels. Now to measure the distance between two points, all you need to do is hold down your left mouse click at the start point and then drag your mouse to the end point and then release your mouse button.Īnd here is the result now. To activate this tool, all you need is to grab it from the tool panel of press Shift+I again and again until it comes. Section 1 deals with the basic of this tool while Section 2 deals with the advanced use of this tool. This tutorial is divided into two sections. This tool is kind of hidden and does not get enough popularity if compared with it’s importance.įor the whole tutorial, I’ll be talking about the Ruler Tool and its importance. You can use the grid tool for this but Photoshop also provides a tool that is exclusively built to measure the distance. It can be the distance between two buttons while designing a website, size of a waist and so on. Many times in Photoshop you need to measure the distance between two points.

Adobe photoshop ruler tool cs3