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5. With the Title-text layer still active, choose Edit>Free Transform.
When you use the transform options, bounding box handles surround the selection in
the document window. The Options bar gives you a number of options for controlling
the transformations numerically:
A Reference Point Location. This point determines A B C D E F G H I J K
the point around which transformations are made.
It always defaults to the center point.
B Set Horizontal Position of Reference Point. This
is the X position of the reference point for the
content being transformed. If the center reference
point is selected, for example, this is the X position
of the center point of the active content.
C Use Relative Positioning for Reference Point. If
this option is active, the Set Horizontal Position and
Set Vertical Position fields default to 0; changing these Bounding box handles
values moves the reference point by the value you surround the content that
is being transformed.
type. For example, typing “–25” in the Set Horizontal
Posi tion field moves the active content 25 pixels to the left.
D Set Vertical Position of Reference Point. This is the Y position of the reference
point for the content being transformed.
E Set Horizontal Scale. Use this field to change the horizontal scale percentage of
the transformed content.
F Maintain Aspect Ratio. When active, the horizontal scale and vertical scale fields
are locked to have the same value.
G Set Vertical Scale. Use this field to change the vertical scale percentage of the
transformed content.
H Rotate. Use this field to rotate the transformed content by a specific angle.
I Switch Between Free Transform and Warp Modes. If available, click this button
to apply a built-in warp to the active selection.
J Cancel Transform. Click this button (or press the Esc key) to exit Free Transform
mode without applying any transformation.
K Commit Transform. Click this button (or press Return/Enter) to finalize the
transformation that you applied while in Free Transform mode.

6. Press Shift, 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 layer) dynamically changes as you scale
the layer. Pressing Shift while you drag a handle constrains the image proportions as
you resize it. When you release the mouse button, the handles remain in place until you
finalize (“commit”) the transformation.
While you’re manually transforming a layer or selection, the Options bar shows the
specifics. You can also type into these fields to apply specific numeric transformations.

Manual transformations in
the document window reflect
in the Options bar fields.
Shift-click and drag a
handle to scale the
content proportionally.

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