Alignment grid settings in preferences

Hi, I am trying to create a temporary grid for aligning clips and cannot figure out how to draw a custom grid. Is this possible? Maybe it's my Photoshop brain, but I just want to divide the 720x486 frame into 4 x 4 rectangles. I could figure out the math, but if I had guides that I could visually see and make masks, it would be easier. Am I missing something in a menu somewhere?
Thx,
Steve

And can that be done in Photoshop? Distribute guides? I'm no PS expert, but if that exists, I'd like the knowledge.
As for your quandry, Patrick is right. By replicating a square with outline and no fill, you can create the distributed guide you want. Just make sure that the replicator layer is centered at 0,0. Then you just adjust the scale of the replicates and the size of the replicator shape to get what you want.
Andy

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