<p>Yes- you can connect objects together using something called parenting. 
There’s a tutorial here</p>

<p><a href="https://www.surfacedstudio.com/tutorials/adobe-effects-basics-tutorial-parenting" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.surfacedstudio.com/tutorials/adobe-effects-basics-tutorial-parenting</a></p>

<p>You could also pre-comp the objects together. </p>

<p><a href="https://greyscalegorilla.com/tutorials/fun-with-precomping-in-after-effects/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://greyscalegorilla.com/tutorials/fun-with-precomping-in-after-effects/</a></p>

<p>Parenting is like one object controlling another (or one object controlling many other objects). Precomping is more like making a new video and placing your objects inside it (sometimes called nesting in video editors). </p>

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<p>I'm using After Effects cc2017 and I am wondering if it is possible to group two or more objects in order to align them to the composition? I have two graphics I wish to center. You can do this in other Adobe software applications such as Illustrator by going to the <strong>object</strong> menu and selecting group**.**</p>

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# Grouping multiple objects

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-17)

I'm using After Effects cc2017 and I am wondering if it is possible to group two or more objects in order to align them to the composition? I have two graphics I wish to center. You can do this in other Adobe software applications such as Illustrator by going to the **object** menu and selecting group\*\*.\*\*

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-18. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Yes- you can connect objects together using something called parenting.
There’s a tutorial here

<https://www.surfacedstudio.com/tutorials/adobe-effects-basics-tutorial-parenting>

You could also pre-comp the objects together.

<https://greyscalegorilla.com/tutorials/fun-with-precomping-in-after-effects/>

Parenting is like one object controlling another (or one object controlling many other objects). Precomping is more like making a new video and placing your objects inside it (sometimes called nesting in video editors).


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