Photoshop align text

Automatic layer alignments are one of the most useful but underappreciated features of Photoshop.

Photoshop align panel missing

Perhaps it says something about my personality, but a slightly misaligned layer can make my brain crackle – and not in the fun PhotoshopBuzz kind of way, in an “I have to fix that right now” kind of way.

Even if you’re lucky and don’t suffer the same sort of mental quirk, it’s still possible to drive yourself to frustration trying to align your layers by hand.

Fortunately, it’s the kind of task that computers excel at, so we should let them do all the work!

Here’s how.

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How to align multiple images in photoshop

Align Simple Layers Using the Move Tool

Photoshop’s layer alignment tools are actually located in the options panel at the top of the image window when the Move command is selected. They’re quite simple to use, but if you’re not familiar with the basics, then you might wonder why they’re often unavailable.

With the Move tool active, open the Align and Distribute panel, which is also oddly hard to find (see screenshot below).

Next, you’ll need to locate the