What functionality does the alignment tool provide?

The alignment tool in Adobe Animate serves the primary purpose of positioning multiple layers or objects uniformly on the stage. This functionality is crucial for ensuring visual harmony and organization within your animation or project. By aligning layers, users can quickly organize elements along specific axes, which helps in maintaining consistency and enhancing the overall layout.

When using the alignment tool, you can align objects to the left, right, center, top, or bottom, making it easier to create balanced compositions. This is particularly useful when working with complex scenes where numerous elements are present. The alignment tool streamlines the process of arranging these elements without needing to manually adjust each one individually.

The other options provided relate to different functionalities in Adobe Animate. For example, transforming shapes and objects involves resizing or rotating, copying pixel values pertains to duplicating visual data from one point to another, and creating instances of symbols involves generating duplicates of symbol assets within the project. While all these features are valuable in their own right, they do not specifically relate to the alignment of layers, which is the focus of the alignment tool.