Aligning and distributing layer content

Making image collages, images bound for the Web or for multimedia output, or even arranging some simple layout which I believe there are designer still doing it, can often require you to align or distribute content that has been spread over different layers. You can use the clunky method of creating guides and grids and then employing the Move tool to place the content, or use more graceful, easier, and overall, is faster moreover more accurate methods. One such method involves the Move tool and its options palette shown (Figure 6-9); the other involves commands available from the Layer➜Align and Distribute in sub-menus.














Before you can use either method, you need to link the layers so that you could to either align or distribute. Note that to distribute content, you first must select a minimum of three layers. After the layers have been linked or selected, the command buttons then become available to you. Then it’s just a question of deciding whether you want to use the commands from the Layer menu or the options for the Move tool for you to get centerised, flush left or right alignment.

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