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  • Center objects relative to the canvas

    Posted by Dustin Parsons on October 16, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    I have an image that I want to align in the exact center of the canvas but I can’t figure out an easy way to do this. I assume this is a relatively simple task but I can’t seem to figure it out.

    Thanks for your help.

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    Juil Yoon replied 10 years, 8 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Dustin Parsons

    October 16, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    It’s a text that I created in the project window so there’s nothing to drag.

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    Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
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    Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

  • Dustin Parsons

    October 16, 2008 at 10:57 pm

    Gotcha. That’s actually what I ended up doing, I was just hoping there’d be something similar to Photoshops quick and easy Align Center for perfectly centered objects in one click.

    Thanks

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    Mac Pro | Leopard 10.5.3
    2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon | 4GB Ram
    Final Cut Pro Studio 2 | Avid Media Composer

  • Marianne De boer

    March 22, 2013 at 9:30 am

    It worked with me pretty simple. If this is what you mean: After effects -> Layer -> Transform -> Center in view.

  • Rob Duncan

    April 26, 2013 at 6:18 am

    In the interest of continuing to beat a dead horse (or thread), since I was looking today, the keyboard shortcut for centering an object within the view is:

    COMMAND-HOME

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  • Juil Yoon

    October 11, 2015 at 12:04 am

    I’m not sure when it was introduced, but there is an align window available in AE now.

    Window -> Align

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