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flashvenom
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November 23, 2012
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Can I enable "snapping" for objects when dragging?

  • November 23, 2012
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Snapping to grid is great, but it forces me to resize certain objects if I want everything to align perfectly. Is there a way to enable simple snapping of objects? In Illustrator, they took this to the extreme with the little visual "cues" (arrows) and I was really frustrated when my Google searches came up empty in attempting to find a similar feature in AE11.

Am I missing something?

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    Mylenium
    Mylenium
    Legend
    November 23, 2012

    There is no snapping in AE, it's as simple as that. You can use The Align palette of course for some tasks or craft your own expressions to emulate the functionality...

    Mylenium

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    flashvenomAuthor
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    November 23, 2012

    Thanks for the quick response. Seems like a very simple feature that should be relatively easily implemented at some point.

    Dave_LaRonde
    Dave_LaRonde
    Inspiring
    November 23, 2012

    Well, you CAN snap in AE, but it may not work the way you'd like.  You can snap to a guide layer or to a grid, for example.

    Here's the info in AE's online Help.

    Look for the section called, "Safe sones, grids, guides and rulers"

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