Alignment of images in photoshop

This is a tutorial for alignment technique used in aligning images in photoshop. This will work on Photoshop7+. I will be discussing two ways for alignment of images in photoshop.
Example

An unaligned image
Vertically aligned
Image aligned at center


Now how to align

First way

Follow the steps below to learn aligning an object
  • Lets be familiar with the tools to be used
 = Marque Tool
 =Move Tool


  • At first we will be using marque tool from the tools panel and we will be selecting the area which we will use for aligning the image or photo using marque tool . If you want select the whole canvas you  use CTRL+A. Marque can be used to select smaller areas on the canvas , you have to make sure that the object should fall in the marque area that you have created.After this just click on the layer containg the object you want to align. At last go to Layer>>Align To Selection and choose the option you want.


Second way

  • Just use CTRL+A to select all the canvas (or the Marquee tool), Now select the Move Tool from the tools panel. You will see a panel towards the top of the screen that displays the tools available options below the menu bar.just like below
  • You can use the tools highlighted in the above image to align your image to your selection. Below is detailed explanation of the tools

Alignment to Top Edge of Selection

Alignment to Vertical Center of Selection

Align Bottom Edge of Selection

Align Left Edge of Selection

Align Horizontal Center of Selection

Align Right Edge of Selection

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