Arrange & align
When working with many images, keeping them organized is key. PureRef has a powerful toolset for aligning and arranging images. Most of them work on notes too!
If no images are selected, many actions apply to all images. If images are selected, the action only includes those images.
• Alignment padding - Set the spacing between aligned items when organizing images.
Send to back
Images > Selection > Send to back
Down/
↓Places selection under everything else.
Send to front
Images > Selection > Send to front
Up/↑Places selection on top of everything else.
• Bring selected images to front - Set whether selecting an image should re-arrange the layer order of the images.
Arrange by ...
Images > Arrange by > ...
Optimal
Images > Arrange > Optimal
CtrlP/⌘PPureRef will try to pack everything to fit the current window size.
By name
Images > Arrange > By name
CtrlAltN/⌥⌘NArranges by file name. Unnamed images like pasted images will be first in line.
By addition
Images > Arrange > By addition
CtrlAltA/⌥⌘AArranges by order of time added to the scene.
Align to ...
Images > Align > ...
Left
Images > Align > Left
CtrlLeft/⌘←Pushes selected images to the left.
Right
Images > Align > Right
CtrlRight/⌘→Pushes selected images to the right.
Top
Images > Align > Top
CtrlUp/⌘↑Pushes selected images to the top.
Bottom
Images > Align > Bottom
CtrlDown/⌘↓Pushes selected images to the bottom.
Stack
Images > Align > Stack
CtrlAltS/⌥⌘SStacks selected images on top of each other in a pile in order of layering in the scene.
Normalize ...
Images > Normalize > ...
Resizes the selected images to have similar sizes.
Height
Images > Normalize > Height
CtrlAltLeft/⌥⌘←Resizes selection to all have the same height, based on the average of all selected images.
Width
Images > Normalize > Width
CtrlAltRight/⌥⌘→Resizes selection to all have the same width, based on the average of all selected images.
Size
Images > Normalize > Size
CtrlAltUp/⌥⌘↑Resizes selection to all have the same pixel size, based on the average of all selected images.
Scale
Images > Normalize > Scale
CtrlAltDown/⌥⌘↓Resizes selection to all have the same scale, based on the average scale proportionate to the scene of all selected images.
Use this to set selected notes to the same text size.
Distribute ...
Images > Align > Distribute > ...
Lays out images next to each other in neat lines.
Horizontal
Images > Align > Distribute horizontal
CtrlAltShiftUp/⌥⇧⌘↑Places out selected objects in a horizontal row.
Vertical
Images > Align > Distribute vertical
CtrlAltShiftDown/⌥⇧⌘↓Places out selected objects in a vertical row.