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September 28, 2022
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Add smart guides, snapping & guides like in Illustrator

  • September 28, 2022
  • 15 replies
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Illustrator has done it right.
- dragging guides out of the rulers is easy
- guides snap and show relations via smart guides
- guides can be selected and moves via the keyboard & the position value can be easily adjusted in pixels
- smart guides help when positioning and resizing layers
- snapping helps to change the origin for the ruler
- elements snap to guides

Its also an Abobe tool, so please copy this behaviour over. In comparison illustrator feels like a very old, outdated software, even though you obviously know how to do it right.

Cheers

15 replies

Known Participant
April 23, 2026

Photoshop got them in 2005
21 yeas later we still dont have them in AE… Comon we need them...

Known Participant
May 26, 2023

Yes! Please add this..

So basic, one would think....

Participant
September 28, 2022
Yes and also guide layouts like in Photoshop, just being able to make guide setups for rule of 3 for example would make compositions in AE so much easier.
Participant
September 28, 2022
Yes, for sure!
rlmbrt
Participant
September 28, 2022
Yes please!!!
Participant
September 28, 2022
YESSSSSSS!
Participant
September 28, 2022
Yes please!
Participant
September 28, 2022
This would be fantastic!
Participant
September 28, 2022
YES!
Participant
September 28, 2022
This would be a huge plus. 100% behind this