Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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Choose File > Open As a Smart Object. Navigate to the ps10lessons folder and choose
the ps1002.psd i le. Press Open to open the image in a new document window. In the
Layers panel, note that the thumbnail for the layer is now a Smart Object thumbnail.
All Smart Objects have a Smart Object icon in the lower-right corner of the layer
thumbnail to help you distinguish them from standard layers.
The image is opened as a Smart Object.
Smart Object icon.
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Select the Move tool ( ). Click and drag the butterl y image onto the tab labeled
ps1001_work.psd. Wait for a moment until this image toggles into view, and then drop
the butterl y image onto the image. Using the Move tool, reposition the new layer at
the bottom of the screen. The bottom of the butterl y wings should be touching the
bottom of the image.
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In the Layers panel, double-click directly on the layer name, ps1002. When the layer
name becomes highlighted, type
Butterl y 2
and press Enter (Windows) or Return
(Mac OS) to commit the change.
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Click on the tab for the ps1002.psd image to make it active, and choose File > Close.
When prompted to save the i le, choose to not save the i le.
You'll now perform the same scaling on the new Smart Object that you performed
earlier on the i rst butterl y.
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In the ps1001_work i le, choose Edit > Free Transform or use the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+T (Windows) or Command+T (Mac OS).
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Press the Shift key, click and hold the top-right corner of the transform box, and drag
toward the center of the box. Scale the butterl y down in size until the horizontal
value is approximately 25 percent. Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to
commit the transformation.
