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  • Why can’t I align?

    Posted by Dolphbean on November 29, 2007 at 12:41 pm

    All my align buttons under the align panel are inactive. This results in an inability for me to align any elements in my compositions.

    Is there a way to activate these buttons?

    Jason Milligan replied 18 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Jason Milligan

    November 29, 2007 at 11:10 pm

    You need to select multiple layers.
    Align works by aligning the layers based on each other’s position not by aligning a single layer to the composition window. It is a bit confusing if you are anticipating a feature similar to Flash or Illustrator’s “align to stage/artboard” function. In Flash and Illustrator, you can align to stage/artboard or align based on other objects. Unfortunately, I’ve never found AE to have an “align to stage (comp window)” option.

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