Align and distribute objects

Align the product feature tiles on the landing artboard to the 12-column grid and distribute the five image frames evenly across the horizontal centerline. Target the group named Tiles_Features, use pixel-snapped edges, and don’t alter the current visual margins. After aligning, run a quick check at 1280px width to confirm even gutters and save as Landing_Tiles_Aligned.ai.

Before I hand this layout to the content team, make the alignment obvious and the spacing easy to edit. Surface the grid and guides used, show the mathematical spacing between tiles, lock the master alignment group, and flag any tiles that visually read off-center despite numeric alignment. Recommend any small nudges that improve optical balance without changing the column math.

I aligned five product tiles to the column grid and the inspector shows equal spacing, but the art director says it reads off-center. I’m worried nudging will break the responsive behavior the front-end team expects and I don’t know which visual trick to apply. How should I diagnose whether this is an optical illusion from differing content weights, and what minimal adjustment keeps code-friendly spacing while calming the art director?

We keep losing review time because each designer rechecks alignments by eye and makes tiny manual shifts that front-end then rejects. It wastes two rounds of review per sprint. Are we missing a shared grid spec, a naming convention for locked master groups, or a training gap in optical alignment, and what single habit change or file convention will stop this back-and-forth?