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12. Click the arrow to the left of the Logotypes group
name to expand the layer group. Note:
You have to expand the layer group to be able to access and
edit individual layers in the group. If you select the entire You can click the Eye
layer group, you can move all layers within the group at icon for a layer folder
the same time. Layers in the group maintain their position to hide the entire layer
relative to one another. group (and all layers
inside the folder).
13. Save the file and continue to the next exercise.

Move and Transform a Smart Object Layer

Photoshop makes scaling, rotating, and other transformations fairly easy
to implement, but it is important to realize the potential impact of your
transformations.

1. With cd-artwork.psd open, click the Title-text layer (in the Logotypes
folder) in the Layers panel to select only that layer.

2. Choose the Move tool in the Tools panel.
As the name suggests, the Move tool is used to move a selection around on the canvas.
You can select a specific area, and then click and drag to move only the selection on
the active layer. If there is no active selection area, you can click and drag to move the
contents of the entire active layer.

3. In the Options bar, make sure the Auto-Select option is not checked.
When Auto-Select is checked, you can click in the image window and drag to move
the contents of the layer containing the pixels where you click; you do not need to first
select the layer in the Layers panel before moving the layer content. This is very useful
in some cases, but not so much in others — for example, when the contents of multiple
layers are stacked on top of each other (as is the case with your file as it exists now).

4. Click in the image window and drag until the Title-text layer content
snaps to the top and left live-area guides.

If you toggled off the Snap feature when you used the Crop tool, you should turn it
back on now by choosing View>Snap.

Uncheck this option.

Select the layer you
want to move, then
click and drag in the
document window to
move the layer content.

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