Comments on: Quick Tip #32 Aligning In Illustrator

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By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:44:18 +0000

After selecting your obejects if you single leftclick on one (gives it a “fat” selection border in the process) and then align the objects will align to that particular item. This is useful for aliging new objects to exisiting artwork, aliging things to parts of the page, etc.

By: Jennifer C

Jennifer C — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:43:24 +0000

Cool – nice tip on distribute evenly. I usually eyeball it! Thanks! Love your blog!

By: Bjørn Friese

Bjørn Friese — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:52:21 +0000

Photshop has both the align tools and the distribute tools. They appear in the “options” palette while using the move tool.

I personally find them extremely helpful when making grid-based design mockups in Photoshop.

By: TheSlush

TheSlush — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:25:42 +0000

Yup, Photoshop has the align tools also, but not the “space evenly” ones.

By: TheSlush

TheSlush — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:25:27 +0000

Yup, Photoshop has the align tools also, but not the “space evenly” one.

By: Mario

Mario — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:06:53 +0000

Niki,

Thank you very much. I don’t use Illustrator much. But i needed this tip a couple days ago. Thanks right on time.

By: Catherine Cantieri, Sorted

Catherine Cantieri, Sorted — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:46:24 +0000

Very cool! The “Distribute Space” function is especially useful when your objects aren’t the same size but you want a uniform space between them. (Plain ol’ “Distribute” will distribute the center of the objects evenly, but if you’ve got major size differences, it’ll look weird.) Nice work!