If you are as precise as I am, you’ll appreciate Photoshop’s ability to align and distribute your layers. These commands can be especially useful when you need to align items such as navigation buttons on a Web page or a row of headshots for a corporate publication. Here are the steps to align and distribute your layers:
1. In the Layers palette, select the anchor layer that you want all the other layers to align to.
The selected anchor layer will remain stationary, and the other layers will align to the anchor.
2. Link the layers you want to align.
In the Layers palette, click the second column from the left (next to the eye column) to display the link icon.
3. Choose Layer-->Align Linked and select one of the alignment commands.
Photoshop provides you with handy little icons that illustrate the various alignment types. You will also find these icons as buttons in the Options bar when you have the Move tool selected. Feel free to use either method.
4. In the Layers palette, link three or more layers that you want to distribute.
This command evenly spaces the layers between the first and last elements in either the row or column.
5. Choose Layer➪Distribute Linked and select one of the distribute commands.
Again for the word-challenged, there is an icon illustrating the distribution types. And like alignment, you will also find the distribute icons as buttons in the Options bar when you have the Move tool selected. You can also align a layer (or linked layers) to a selection outline. First, make your desired selection in the image. Then select a layer or linked layers in the Layers palette. Choose Layer-->Align to Selection and choose a command from the submenu. Note that the Align to Selection command doesn’t appear in the Layer menu until you have both linked layers and an active selection outline. The alignment and distribution commands work only on layers with an opacity greater than 50 percent.
1. In the Layers palette, select the anchor layer that you want all the other layers to align to.
The selected anchor layer will remain stationary, and the other layers will align to the anchor.
2. Link the layers you want to align.
In the Layers palette, click the second column from the left (next to the eye column) to display the link icon.
3. Choose Layer-->Align Linked and select one of the alignment commands.
Photoshop provides you with handy little icons that illustrate the various alignment types. You will also find these icons as buttons in the Options bar when you have the Move tool selected. Feel free to use either method.
4. In the Layers palette, link three or more layers that you want to distribute.
This command evenly spaces the layers between the first and last elements in either the row or column.
5. Choose Layer➪Distribute Linked and select one of the distribute commands.
Again for the word-challenged, there is an icon illustrating the distribution types. And like alignment, you will also find the distribute icons as buttons in the Options bar when you have the Move tool selected. You can also align a layer (or linked layers) to a selection outline. First, make your desired selection in the image. Then select a layer or linked layers in the Layers palette. Choose Layer-->Align to Selection and choose a command from the submenu. Note that the Align to Selection command doesn’t appear in the Layer menu until you have both linked layers and an active selection outline. The alignment and distribution commands work only on layers with an opacity greater than 50 percent.
Aligning and Distributing Layers in Photoshop
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