Grid problems.

[Samuel Staffansson]

Hey!

I have googled for about an hour without any results now and can't find any solutions. I can't for the love of me get the grid to be even on all sides.

As you can see at the bottom there's about 1/4 of a square left. I want it to be completely even on all sides so that the middle really is the middle of the document!

Sure I can use the proportional grid, but I can't snap anything to it.

I don't care how stupid I look at this point. I just really need some help!

Thank you!

[Mylenium]

The grid always starts in the top left corner. It isn't centered. If you want that, you have to create your own grid using guides or whatever.

Mylenium

[Rick Gerard · Accepted solution]

You just have to use math and accept the limitations of the frame size. If your comp frame is 16:9 then there is no whole number that will divide into both sides evenly and give you squares excerpt 1. To get a square in the middle horizontally just divide the width, 1920 by an odd number that gives you a whole number like 5. That's 364 pixels. Set that for your grid spacing and you'll get 5 across but it won't work out vertically. The same thing happens if you use the vertical. You just can't come up with a number that works out for both horizontal and vertical when your comp is 16 X 9 and you need whole numbers you are out of luck. The easiest thing to do would be to create a comp that is a little taller that works and then just draw a couple of guides for the 1080 dimension and then just nest your final comp in one that is the right size.