Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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Choose Edit > Free Transform, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+T (Windows) or
Command+T (Mac OS), to turn the transform bounding box on again. Press the Shift
key, and then click and drag the bottom-right corner of the transform box diagonally
downward and to the right to scale the image to approximately 400 percent.
Remember to watch the percentage as it changes in the options W (Width) and H
(Height) text i elds. Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to commit the scale
transform.
The butterl y layer after rescaling.
The image is fuzzy and pixelated because you forced Photoshop to i ll in pixel
information. This is called destructive editing because the original layer lost its detail
through the resampling process.
You will now open the same image as a Smart Object so that you can see the benei t
of non-destructive editing.
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Click on the Visibility icon ( ) next to the Butterl y layer to turn the layer's visibility
of . You will turn it back on shortly so that you can compare the two layers.
