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9. Choose Edit>Copy. Note:
The standard Cut, Copy, and Paste options are available in Photoshop, just as they are If you want to move
in most applications. Whatever you have selected will be copied to the Clipboard, and
whatever is in the Clipboard will be pasted. a marquee, make sure
the Marquee tool is still
10. Click the Close button on the Tornado.jpg document tab to close that file. selected. If the Move tool
is active, clicking inside
11. With the cd-artwork.psd file active, choose Edit>Paste. the marquee and drag-
The copied selection is pasted in the center of the document window. If you remember ging will actually move
from the Image Size dialog box, the tornado image was approximately 30″ × 20″ at the contents within the
150 ppi. Photoshop cannot maintain multiple resolutions in a single file. When you selection area.
paste the copied content into the cd-artwork file, it adopts the resolution of the target
file (in this case, 300 ppi). The concept of effective resolution transforms the selected
area (20.5″ × 18″) of the tornado image to approximately 10.25″ × 9″ at 300 ppi. Note:
When creating a new se-
12. Open the Layers panel (Window>Layers).
lection with a marquee
The original cd-artwork.psd file had only one layer — Background. When you copy or tool, pressing Option/Alt
drag content from one file into another, it is automatically placed on a new layer with places the center of the
the default name “Layer n,” where “n” is a sequential number. selection marquee at the

The document tab shows the point where you click;
name of the active layer. when you drag out,
the marquee is created
A new layer (Layer 1) is around that point.
added to contain the
contents that you pasted Note:
from the Tornado.jpg file.
When the New Selec-
The Background layer
contains the original tion option is active,
Sunrise.jpg file content. press Shift to add to the
current selection or press
Option/Alt to subtract
from the current selec-
tion.

13. Choose File>Save, and then read the resulting message.
Because this is the first time you have saved Note:
the file after adding new layers, you should
see the Photoshop Format Options dialog If you don’t see this
box with the Maximize Compatibility check warning, check the File
box already activated. It’s a good idea to leave Handling pane of the
this check box selected so that your files will Preferences dialog box.
be compatible with other Adobe applications and other versions of Photoshop. You can set the Maxi-
mize PSD and PSB File
14. Make sure the Maximize Compatibility check box is selected, click OK, Compatibility menu to
and then continue to the next exercise. Always, Never, or Ask.

44 Project 1: Music CD Artwork