Align to Center of Document 1

[bash3r]

Ok.. I know I'm dumb but I didn't know I'm this dumb. I can not figure out how, in Photoshop 7 to align an object to the center of the document. For example, draw a square and center it on the page. When I make a selection on the square (Ctrl, click its layer) I see the alignment toolbar enable, but clicking the buttons do nothing.

Help a brutha out!

 

[bash3r]

Also, I forgot to add, if you draw a square and you want to enter its exact dimensions, like 80px X 80px, how do you do this?

thanks!

 

[SPYDERIX]

Hi,

Those align buttons are used for aligning an objects position relative to another object. Select the layer that is the foundation for the alignment, then link that with the layer you want to move then use the alignment buttons. To align something to the center of the page, select a background layer, or one that touches all 4 corners of the layer and then link with the object (with the background layer still selected) and then do the align buttons. Linked layers move to the position of the selected layer (the layers linked directly to the background layer).

If you have a layer that has no effect (bevel, layer mask, etc) you can simply just Select All, Cut, Paste and that will paste the layer onto the same layer but in the center.

When you want to make an exact square or what have you, make a marquee, then goto SELECT > TRANSFORM SELECTION, then in the W and H boxes on the options palette, simply specify the size and position etc.

Hope this helps!