Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 300)

Using Object Alignment Commands
Several commands in the Object menu let you reposition any number of simultaneously
selected objects to align with one another in various ways. These commands make it easy
to quickly organize a jumble of objects into an even layout without having to manually
line up each individual object.
Before using alignment commands After using alignment commands
In each operation, the left, right, top, and bottom of the selected objects are defined by
the bounding box that surrounds each individual object. The position of the anchor point
is ignored.
Each of the following commands affects the Position parameter of each object:
• Align Left Edges: Objects are moved horizontally so that their left edges line up with
the leftmost object in the selection.
• Align Right Edges: Objects are moved horizontally so that their right edges line up with
the rightmost object in the selection.
• Align Top Edges: Objects are moved vertically so that their tops line up with the topmost
object in the selection.
• Align Bottom Edges: Objects are moved vertically so that their bottoms line up with the
bottommost object in the selection.
• Align Far Edges: Objects are moved in Z space so that their far edges line up with the
furthest object in the selection.
• Align Near Edges: Objects are moved in Z space so that their near edges line up with
the closest object in the selection.
• Align Horizontal Centers: Objects are moved horizontally so that their centers line up
along the center point between the leftmost and rightmost objects in the selection.
• Align Vertical Centers: Objects are moved vertically so that their centers line up along
the center point between the topmost and bottommost objects in the selection.
• Align Depth Centers: Objects are moved in Z space so that their centers line up along
the center point between the farthest and nearest objects in the selection.
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