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6. In the Options bar, make sure the Maintain Aspect Ratio option is active.

7. Click the bottom-right bounding-box handle, and then drag up and left until
the title treatment fits inside the live area guides on both sides of the canvas.
The selection (in this case, the entire Title-text This button appears darker
layer) dynamically changes as you scale the layer. when the option is active.

Because the Maintain Aspect Ratio option is
active, Photoshop automatically constrains the
selection’s height-to-width proportions. (When
Maintain Aspect Ratio is active, you can press
Shift while you drag a handle to transform the
selection nonproportionally.)

When you release the mouse button, the handles
remain in place until you finalize (“commit”) the
transformation.
Manual transformations in Click and drag a
8. Press Return/Enter to finalize the transformation. the document window reflect handle to scale the
After finalizing the transformation, the bounding-box in the Options bar fields. content proportionally.
handles disappear.

9. With the Title-text layer still active, press
Command/Control-T to enter Free
Transform mode again and look at the
Options bar.
Because the rating layer is a Smart Object
layer, the W and H fields still show the scaling
percentage based on the original.

It is not uncommon for a placed image to have slightly different height and width
percentages when it is placed. The change will be slight, but it’s a good idea to check
this issue so that you maintain the integrity of the placed artwork.

10. In the Options bar, change the W field to 65%. Click to activate The W and H percentages
You can type in Options bar fields to apply specific this option. are now the same value.
numeric transformations.

When the Maintain Aspect Ratio option is active,
the X and Y percentage fields are forced to the
same values; changing the W value also changes
the value in the H field.

11. Click the Commit Transform button on
the Options bar (or press Return/Enter) to
finalize the transformation.
If you press Return/Enter, you have to press it twice to finalize the transformation.
The first time you press it, you apply the change to the active field; the second time,
you finalize the transformation and exit Free Transform mode.

12. Save the file and continue to the next exercise.

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