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TempestDK

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 4:21 pm    Post subject: Spacing icons along the edge of the background Reply with quote

I am currently trying to make a wall-paper type background with some Gaming icons along the top and bottom edges of the wallpaper, with a logo in the middle.

Each icon is on its own layer. And I was wondering if there is an easy way to evenly space out the icons along the edges without having to sit and count grid cells.

Can I somehow select several layers and manipulate their positions??

Any help will be appreciated :)
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TempestDK

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok ... I think I have found what I am looking for (Distribute Linked) ... but having some difficulty making it work.

I somehow managed to get my 5 icons at the top to space out evenly ... but for some reason I can't get the bottom 5 to do the same.

I have linked the 5 icons together. Then if I use Distribute Linked (left edges) then they are all moved together on the left, so only one is showing.

I was clicking around with the top ones between Align to Selection and Distribute Linked, and suddenly it worked ... but damn it if I can know why :)
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TempestDK

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well I seem to have figured it out on my own ... :)
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 11:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool, TempestDK. :) What was the final solution?

Thanks,

Patrick

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TempestDK

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it was to unlink the two icons at the end, move each of them to the position I wanted them. Then link them with the 3 other icons, and select Layer - Distribute Linked - Horizontal centers.

That seems to distribute the remaining 3 icons evenly between the two end icons.

It ended up looking like this:
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice job :)
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for sharing that. :)

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