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TheropodFX
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October 10, 2019
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Snap to composition

  • October 10, 2019
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I feel like I used to be able to snap to the composition edges/corners/center. Now it's not working. Is there something I have to enable to make this work?

 

To be clear I'm talking about snapping in the same way as snapping to another layer. As in hold control/cmd and a box popps up which snaps to nearby object boundaries/center. I'm not talking about the align tool, that can work under certain circumstances, but it doesn't work with 3D layers.

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    Tomas Sinkunas
    Tomas Sinkunas
    Legend
    October 11, 2019
    1. Add Guides to the composition,
    2. Enable Snap to Guides in View drop-down menu,
    3. Problem solved.
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    Byron CortezCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 10, 2019

    Use the Layer Snapping feature in After Effects

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      TheropodFXAuthor
      Participant
      October 10, 2019
      That's 10 minutes about snapping to other layers, which wasn't my question. Maybe it was never possible to snap to the comp. It should be. Off to the bug/feature forum.
        Roland Kahlenberg
        Roland Kahlenberg
        Legend
        October 10, 2019
        Create a Solid that's the same size as your comp. Then snap to this layer - you'll get the same result as snapping to comp edges.
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          Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew
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          Justin Taylor-Hyper BrewCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          October 10, 2019

          Make sure the “Snapping” checkbox is checked on the toolbar and I think you’ll need a layer to snap to, you can’t just snap to the comp, so just make a solid that’s the size of the comp so you have some edges to snap to, and then you can turn it off.

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