Luckily, most every graphic design program or app includes this tool. Without it, we’d have to resort to approximations and guesswork to align, distribute, and stack design elements. Use it for perfectly squared-up and distributed objects in layouts and designs.Īlignment tools are part of the foundation of any design program. Have fun with these options, and achieve the accuracy and precision you desire by letting the ‘align’ and ‘distribution’ tools figure out the positioning of everything for you.Use this guide to get familiar with the Alignment Menu in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Naturally, these techniques also work with the other align options in the panel. Once you get the hang of center alignment and the ‘align’ panel in Illustrator, you’ll notice considerable improvement in the accuracy of your designs and the speed of your workflow. Step 21 – If you like, once aligned, you can then ‘right click > ungroup’ the objects. Step 20 – Lastly, click ‘vertical align center’ to position your group of objects exactly in the center of the artboard, while maintaining their original distances and arrangement in relation to each other. Step 19 – Click ‘horizontal align center’ in the ‘align’ panel. This will keep your objects in their current positions in relation to each other, and not align all objects to the dead center of the artboard in a stack. Step 18 – With your objects selected, ‘right click > group’. Step 17 – Go to your ‘align panel’ and select ‘align to artboard’ under the ‘align to’ options. Step 16 – If you want to align multiple objects to the artboard, first select all objects with the ‘selection tool’.
Step 15 – The same happens when you click ‘vertical align center’ – I pressed ‘cmd/ctrl z’ to undo the first alignment. Notice below how the key object stays exactly where it is, and the other object(s) align to that object’s center point. Step 14 – With your key object selected, return to your ‘align’ panel and select ‘horizontal align center’. You can change this object as many times as you like, but you will only stay in this ‘key object’ selection state until you click other tools or options.
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Step 13 – Feel free to go ahead and click on the object you want to be the key object. Step 12 – By default, Illustrator will select a ‘key object’ for you, defined by a thick blue outline that will appear around the object. Step 11 – For this type of center alignment, with all objects selected under the ‘align’ panel select ‘align to key object’ in the ‘align to’ dropdown menu. Step 10 – Repeat with ‘vertical align center’, where both objects will now align to exactly the same spot, with the objects stacking one on top of the other. Notice how the objects move an equal distance, one from the left and one from the right, until they align together centrally. Step 9 – With both objects selected, click ‘horizontal align center’. This will now align the objects together, equally, as I will demonstrate. Step 8 – Under ‘align to’ select ‘align to selection’. Step 6 – With your objects on the canvas, select the ‘selection tool’ and click and drag over your desired objects to select them. You can use this method on multiple objects, but for ease, I will stick with two. Center Align to Selectionįor the purpose of this tutorial, I am making a duplicate of the ellipse so that we have two objects to align together. Step 5 – Then select ‘vertical align center’ to fully align the object to the center of the artboard. Step 4 – With your object selected, click ‘horizontal align center’ under ‘align options’. Step 3 – Under ‘align to’ select ‘align to artboard’. Step 2 – Go to ‘window > align’ to bring up the ‘align’ panel. Step 1 – Select your object with the ‘selection tool’. Step-by-Step Tutorial Center Align to Artboardįor the purpose of this excise, I will demonstrate the alignment on a simple ellipse, which below I am dragging out onto the canvas. Feel free to watch along if you prefer learning through video.
In the 2-minute video tutorial below, I quickly go through all of the options in the align panel demonstrated below. Align Multiple Objects to Artboard Center Object in Illustrator Video Tutorial
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