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Hands-On Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects CC
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Hands-On Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects CC

by David Dodds
April 2019
Beginner to intermediate
318 pages
2h 34m
English
Packt Publishing
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Rulers and guides

After Effects comes with different guides you can use to create more precise alignments of your objects. If you look at the top right of your tool panel you can enable snapping: 

Fig. Snapping

This will make your objects snap to your guides. In the guides section you will find a variety of guides and grids to go beyond the guess work of lining up your object in After Effects. The guide Title safe/Action is used for video monitors. These guides can be accessed at the bottom of the composition window by clicking the grid icon:

Fig. Guides

If you choose the Rulers option. You have access to guides that you can drag across your ...

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