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, in pixels.
Send to back
Images > Selection > Send to back
Down/
↓Place selection under everything else.
Send to front
Images > Selection > Send to front
Up/↑Place 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/⌥⌘NArrange by name. Unnamed images will be ordered by file name.
By addition
Images > Arrange > By addition
CtrlAltA/⌥⌘AArrange by order of time added to the scene.
By order
Images > Arrange > By order
CtrlAltO/⌥⌘OArrange by hierarchy order.
By path
Images > Arrange > By path
CtrlAltD/⌥⌘DArrange by file path.
Randomly
Images > Arrange > Randomly
CtrlAltR/⌥⌘RArrange selected items randomly.
Toggle the arrange command of your choice again to reverse the order that the images are arranged in.
Align to ...
Images > Align > ...
Left
Images > Align > Left
CtrlLeft/⌘←Push selected images to the left.
Right
Images > Align > Right
CtrlRight/⌘→Push selected images to the right.
Top
Images > Align > Top
CtrlUp/⌘↑Push selected images to the top.
Bottom
Images > Align > Bottom
CtrlDown/⌘↓Push selected images to the bottom.
Stack
Images > Align > Stack
CtrlAltS/⌥⌘SStack 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.
The resulting sizes will depend on the selected size source in the right click menu, "From first" or "Average".
Height
Images > Normalize > Height
CtrlAltLeft/⌥⌘←Resize selection to all have the same height, based on the selected size source (average of all selected images or the first selected image).
Width
Images > Normalize > Width
CtrlAltRight/⌥⌘→Resize selection to all have the same width, based on the selected size source (average of all selected images or the first selected image).
Size
Images > Normalize > Size
CtrlAltUp/⌥⌘↑Resize all selected items so their largest sides have the same size, based on the selected size source (average of all selected images or the first selected image).
Area
Images > Normalize > Area
Resize selection to all have the same area, based on the selected size source (average of all selected images or the first selected image).
Scale
Images > Normalize > Scale
CtrlAltDown/⌥⌘↓Resize selection to all have the same scale, based on the average scale proportionate to the scene of the selected size source (average of all selected images or the first selected image).
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/⌥⇧⌘↑Place out selected objects in a horizontal row.
Vertical
Images > Align > Distribute vertical
CtrlAltShiftDown/⌥⇧⌘↓Place out selected objects in a vertical row.