Position
The Position tab is shared by text, materials, and images. Choose the anchor position for the selected layer, then align it with horizontal movement, vertical movement, and rotation. Materials and images can also use flip horizontal.
What you can do on this page
For the selected text, material, or image, you can adjust anchor position, horizontal movement, vertical movement, rotation, and front-back order. Materials and images can also use flip horizontal.
Operating procedure
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Select the layer you want to adjust
Click the text, material, or image in the preview, or choose it from the list in the Layers tab.
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Open the “Position” tab
The same position items appear regardless of the selected type.
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Move the stacking order by a large step
Use “Bring to front,” “Bring forward,” “Send backward,” and “Send to back” to move the selected layer forward or backward.
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Choose the anchor position
Choose the horizontal anchor position from left, center, or right, and the vertical anchor position from top, center, or bottom. The position you choose here becomes the 0px movement reference.
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Flip materials or images
When a material or image is selected, turn on “Flip horizontal” as needed.
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Fine-tune with horizontal and vertical movement
Horizontal movement moves right with +, and vertical movement moves down with +. Return to 0px to move back to the anchor position.
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Rotate as needed
Adjust the angle with the rotation slider. Text, materials, and images can all be rotated from the Position tab.
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Work with multiple layers together
When you select multiple layers, you can use Group and “Clip to shape” in “Advanced settings.” When supported in common, you can add, edit, or delete outlines and shadows together from the Decoration tab.
List of setting items
| Item | Description |
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| Stacking order | Use Bring to front, Bring forward, Send backward, and Send to back to change the front-back order of the selected layer. |
| Horizontal anchor position | Choose the horizontal reference from left, center, or right. |
| Vertical anchor position | Choose the vertical reference from top, center, or bottom. |
| Flip horizontal | Flips a material or image horizontally. This is not shown when only text is selected. |
| Horizontal movement | Moves left or right from the anchor position. + moves right, and - moves left. |
| Vertical movement | Moves up or down from the anchor position. + moves down, and - moves up. |
| Rotation | Rotates the selected text, material, or image. |
Actions for multiple selection
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Group | Lets you move, scale, and rotate the selected layers together. |
| Ungroup | Returns grouped layers to a state where they can be handled individually. |
| Advanced settings | Opens additional actions for multiple selection. The current state is shown while clipping is active. |
| Clip to shape | Clips the upper materials to the shape of the material or shape at the bottom. |
| Remove clipping | Removes the clipped-to-shape state. |
| Decoration | Adds, edits, or deletes outlines and shadows that can be used in common across the selected text, materials, and images. For shared outlines, you can also use “Connect outlines with the same color.” |
Check points
- The Position tab is shared by text, materials, and images.
- Flip horizontal appears when a material or image is selected.
- Adjust material and image width or height from the Basic tab that appears after selection.
- Use the Layers tab when you want to adjust the order of multiple layers while viewing them in a list.
- During multiple selection, the Decoration tab shows only decorations that can be used in common by the selected types.
- When clipping to a shape, the material or shape at the bottom becomes the clipping shape.
When you are in trouble
If the selected layer does not move, check in the Layers tab whether it is locked. If you lose track of its position, return horizontal movement and vertical movement to 0px, set the anchor position to center, and adjust again.