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3. In the Layers panel, select the Tornado layer as the active one.

4. Press Command/Control-T to enter Free Transform mode.

5. Drag the bottom-right corner handle of the layer down until any
transparent area in the bottom-left corner is filled.

Keep in mind that you are enlarging a raster-image layer, which can cause loss of
detail. Because this is a very small increase, and because the layer is the background
image behind several other elements, you can make this enlargement without ruining
the integrity of the composition.

Drag the bottom-right
handle to enlarge the
active layer until this
area is filled.

6. Press Return/Enter to finalize the transformation.

7. Select the Lightning layer in the Layers panel, then change the layer
opacity to 35%.
Layer opacity is the degree to which you can see underlying layers through the layer
you are editing. Because you made the lightning only 35% opaque, the underlying
tornado image is strongly visible through the lightning.

Type in this field to
change the active
layer’s opacity.

The underlying
Tornado layer is
now visible through
the Lightning layer.

8. Save the file and then continue to the final stage of the project.

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