Have you tried using the alignment tool?  You're basically describing the
needs it was created to address.

  -- Bill


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Srihari Sriraman <[email protected]>wrote:

> Here's one thing that I've long wanted:
> *
> *
> *Relative Layer Positioning
> *
> I'm unsure about the name for such a thing, what I had in mind is:
>
>    - Often, I don't care much about exact positioning of a layer in the
>    canvas.
>    - I care more about where it lies with respect to another layer.
>    - I care that one line of text is on the same level as another.
>    - I would like one ellipse exactly at the same level as another.
>    - I want to align all the elements of the footer in my poster.
>    - I want to decide whether this layer I want to move should be
>    horizontally aligned or vertically aligned with the adjacent layer.
>
> I'm sure I could think of a few other use cases, but this I think is
> roughly it.
> The feature is quite evidently not new. We've all used it in many apps.
>
> I just thought I'd put my need out there.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:26 PM, peter sikking <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
>>
>> > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 4:09 PM, peter sikking wrote:
>> >
>> >> meanwhile, I am looking for a new small design project
>> >> to put before my students in a months time. any ideas.
>> >
>> > It seems that folks who create textures for 3D projects really want us
>> > to build advanced features on top of the new save/export model.
>> >
>> > One such feature is mentioned in the GSoC2013 page: being able to
>> > export/overwrite from sets of layers.
>>
>>
>> it would not be bad if some more ideas popped up.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>>     --ps
>>
>>         founder + principal interaction architect
>>             man + machine interface works
>>
>>         http://blog.mmiworks.net: on interaction architecture
>>
>>
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