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9. With the Storm layer still active, press Command/Control-T to re-enter Free
Transform mode.

Once you commit the transformation on a regular layer, the transformation is final.
Looking at the Options bar now, you can see that it shows the layer at 100% instead of
the 90% from Step 7.

If you transform a Smart Object layer, the scale percentage is maintained even after you
finalize the change — unlike scaling a regular layer, where the layer re-calibrates so the
new size is considered 100% once you finalize the scaling.

10. Press Esc to exit Free Transform mode without changing anything.

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

trAnsForm the bACkground lAyer
Your file currently has a number of layers, most of which were created by pasting or
placing external files into the original file. Because every photograph and scan (and
some images that you create from scratch in Photoshop) begins with a default locked
Background layer, it is important to understand the special characteristics of that layer:
• You can’t apply layer transformations, styles, or masks to the Background layer.

• You can’t move the contents of the Background layer around in the document.
• If you delete pixels from the Background layer, you must determine the color Note:
that will be used in place of the deleted pixels.
If you crop an image that
• The Background layer cannot include transparent pixels, which are necessary includes a Background
for underlying layers to be visible. layer, the Background
• The Background layer is always the bottom layer in the stacking order; you layer is automatically
can’t add or move layers lower than the Background layer. converted to a regular
layer if the Delete
In the final composite file for this project, you need to flip the bricks image from Cropped Pixels option is
top to bottom, remove the desert area from the hole in the bricks, and place the other not checked.
photographs to appear through the hole in the wall. For any of these options to work
properly, you need to convert the default Background layer to a regular layer.

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