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Use the Align panel to line up or evenly space
selected layers. You can align or distribute layers vertically or
horizontally.
- Select the layers to align or distribute.
- Choose Selection or Composition from the Align Layers
To menu.
- Selection
- Aligns selected layers according to the layer boundaries
of the selected layers.
- Composition
- Aligns selected layers according to the boundaries of
the composition frame.
- In the Align panel, click the button representing the
desired type of alignment or distribution.
To distribute, you must select three or more
layers. When Selection is chosen in the Align Layers To menu, you
must select two or more layers to align. When Composition is chosen
in the Align Layers To menu, you must select one or more layers
to align.
When Selection is chosen in the Align Layers To menu, each
alignment option aligns selected layers to the layer that most closely
represents the new alignment. For example, for right-edge alignment,
all selected layers align to the selected layer with the edge that
is farthest to the right.
A distribution option evenly spaces selected layers between
the two most extreme layers. For example, for a vertical distribution
option, the selected layers are distributed between the topmost
and bottommost selected layers.
When you distribute layers of different sizes, the spaces
between layers may not be uniform. For example, distributing layers
by their centers creates equal space between the centers—but different-sized
layers extend by different amounts into the space between layers.
Alignment or distribution options cannot move locked layers.
The Align panel does not affect alignment of characters within
a text layer.
 To move selected layers
so that their anchor points are at the center in the current view,
choose Layer > Transform > Center In View or press Ctrl+Home
(Windows) or Command+Home (Mac OS). Charles Bordenave (nab)
provides a script on the After
Effects Scripts website, with which you can distribute layers
in 3D space.
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