Centering Objects in Photoshop

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Dorian_LaRue
Jan 5, 2007
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Is there any way to center an object on the canvas in PS ?
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chrisjbirchall
Jan 5, 2007
Set guides at 50% vert and horiz. Snap to Guides ON.

When you move the object in "transform" mode the centre of the image should snap to the intersection of the guides.
JJ
John Joslin
Jan 5, 2007
A bit quicker:

With the move tool selected click in the Options bar on Align Vertical centres followed by Align Horizontal centres.
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Ed_Hannigan
Jan 5, 2007
That can also be made into an action, I think. Why Photoshop doesn’t just have a "Center On Canvas" feature I don’t know.
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chrisjbirchall
Jan 5, 2007
On Quicker Still… 😉

When dragging from one image to another with a larger canvas, just hold shift as you drag and drop.
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Bill_Lamp
Jan 11, 2007
Going through the clip board to a new layer just does it on its own.
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stevent
Jan 11, 2007
As Bill says, but remember to deselect before pasting.
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John Joslin
Jan 11, 2007
The last three don’t help if the object is already there.
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stevent
Jan 11, 2007
True, but the OP didn’t say it was, so…

There is also a Centre Layer script for CS & CS2
<http://user.fundy.net/morris/?photoshop28.shtml>
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Ed_Hannigan
Jan 11, 2007
Sure. Select, Copy, Paste. Then trash the original. Paste always creates a new layer with the object centered exactly.

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