For this tutorial, you will also need your rulers visible.
To make sure they are on, choose View > Show > Smart Guides. How do I enable smart guides in Photoshop?īy default, Smart Guides are on. Change Guide Appearance: In the menu, click on Photoshop and select Preference and General. Delete Guides: Drag the guides back onto the Ruler, or use the Move Tool to select each guide and press the DELETE key. Hide / Show Guides: Go to View in the menu and select Show and select Guides to toggle hide and show guides. Why are my guides not showing in Photoshop? Select the smart object layers in the layers panel, right click on one of the layers and choose Rasterize Layers. You should rasterize the smart object layers and then auto align should work. It looks like the auto align layers button is greyed out because some of your layers are smart objects. Why can’t I use the Align tool in Photoshop? To perfectly center a layer, click on the layer in the layers panel, then press Ctrl A (Mac: Command A) to “Select All” then select the Move tool and click the “Align vertical centers” and “Align horizontal centers” icons in the Options bar.
How do I make sure something is centered in Photoshop? This command also shows or hides layer edges, selection edges, target paths, and slices. Show or hide a grid, guides, or Smart Guides How do you display the guides in Photoshop? Click the Align Left Edges icon to align the selected layers in relation to the leftmost layer(s), which are the ellipse and line. Select the Move tool in the Tools panel to display alignment and distribution icons in the Options bar. How do I show the alignment panel in Photoshop? Aligns the top pixel on the selected layers to the topmost pixel on all selected layers, or to the top edge of the selection border. These same commands are available as Alignment buttons in the Move tool options bar. How do I align stacked images in Photoshop?Ĭhoose Layer > Align or Layer > Align Layers To Selection, and choose a command from the submenu.