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10. Press Return/Enter to finalize the transformation.
11. With the Lightning 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 75% 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.

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

13. 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
that will be used in place of the deleted pixels. Note:
• The Background layer cannot include transparent pixels, which are necessary If you crop an image that
for underlying layers to be visible. includes a Background
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 woman’s silhouette Cropped Pixels option is
from left to right, and remove the sunset from the image background. For either of not checked.
these options to work properly, you need to convert the default Background layer to a
regular layer.

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