Change a set origin of a group layer

[negetn]

Hello everyone!

Something happened and centres of my group layer are always on a side. And there is a lot of empty space. I want to delete it, how I can change it?

It looks like this now and I want it looks without empty space.


https://ibb.co/zZDk76p

[Greenlaw]

Normally, I would say this:

The bounding box of a Group layer is based on the distance of the farthest point from the center of the layer, in this case, it appears to be your aircraft graphic.

To 'correct' this, you need to either...

1. Move your graphic closer to the center of the group and then move the group.

...or...

2. Move the Origin of your Group layer to be over the aircraft graphic. Do this by using the Set Origin tool.

But since I don't see in your screen cap where the Group layer's origin is, I'm not 100% sure. I would check the above first.

If there is still a lot of space to the left of your graphic, check that you don't have point (with no shape attached) floating over on the left.

[Greenlaw]

Actually, looking at the graphic again, it's odd that the boundary falls inside of the airplane graphic and not to the right edge of the graphic. That really shouldn't happen. Are you sure the aiplane is inside the group?

I think I'd need to see your project file to know what's going on here.

[negetn]

Actually, looking at the graphic again, it's odd that the boundary falls inside of the airplane graphic and not to the right edge of the graphic. That really shouldn't happen. Are you sure the aiplane is inside the group?

I think I'd need to see your project file to know what's going on here.

well, i have this problem with all my layers And because of that I can't move anything, cause all layers just run away.
How could I send my file?

[hayasidist]

How could I send my file?

Set yourself up on a file sharing service - e.g. Dropbox, Google Drive, MediaFire, Microsoft OneDrive.... - and upload your file with the right permissions so that it can be shared with others. Post the link here...

Hope that helps.

[Greenlaw]

Oh, I think I know what's going on: Check the Z-postion (depth) of all your layers. The quick way to check is to go into orbit mode and look at your project from an angle.

I think you'll find the airplane layer is pushed out on Z. The gap on the right side is happening because the artwork is currently in the distance away from the boundary of the group layer. Set the Z value to zero for all the layers and that should make things predictable/manageable to you.

In general, be careful not to change the Z-position of any layer unless you really want to do that, like for a parallax effect.

If you intended to resize the airplane layer, instead of moving it into the distance you should resize the graphic itself using Transform Points tool in the vector layer, or you can scale the vector layer along only X and Y using the Transform Layer tool.

Hope this helps.

[negetn]

I think you'll find the airplane layer is pushed out on Z. The gap on the right side is happening because the artwork is currently in the distance away from the boundary of the group layer. Set the Z value to zero for all the layers and that should make things predictable/manageable to you.

Yeah, it helped!

I changed all Z to zero, and all layers now work correct. Thank you so much for your help!

[Greenlaw]

Sure, glad that worked for you!

Re: uploading a file, yes, use Dropbox or Google Drive. They're both free if you don't need a lot of cloud space.

I use Dropbox and for downloadable files, it's really easy:

1. R-click on the file in Dropbox (on your computer or online), choose Copy Dropbox Link, and paste the link into your post.
3. Select the link and click the Link button. Modify the link is desired, as per the instructions when you hover over the button.
2. If you want the link to be a direct download, change dl=0 to dl-1. Otherwise, the link sends the user (securely) to the file's Dropbox page.

The above tips are specifically for Dropbox.

For other services, it should be similar: Copy the link, paste it here, Done. They may have different steps for special options like #3.