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6. Click the bottom-right bounding-box handle, and then drag up and left until
the title treatment fi ts inside the live area guides on both sides of the canvas.
Th e selection (in this case, the entire Title-text layer)
dynamically changes as you scale the layer.

When you drag handles to transform a selection,
Photoshop automatically constrains the selection’s
aspect ratio (height-to-width proportions).
You can press Shift while you drag a handle to
transform the selection nonproportionally. Th is
Click and drag a
Manual transformations in
behavior is new in the 2019 release; in prior releases the document window reflect handle to scale the
you had to press Shift to maintain the aspect ratio while in the Options bar fields. content proportionally.
transforming.
When you release the mouse button, the handles remain in place until you fi nalize
(“commit”) the transformation.

7. Press Return/Enter to fi nalize the transformation.
After fi nalizing the transformation, the bounding-box handles disappear.

8. 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 fi elds
still show the scaling percentage
based on the original.

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

9. In the Options bar, make sure the Maintain Aspect Ratio button is active, then
change the W fi eld to 65%.
Click to activate The W and H percentages
You can type in Options bar this option. are now the same value.
fi elds to apply specifi c numeric
transformations.
When the Maintain Aspect Ratio
option is active, the X and Y
percentage fi elds are forced to the
same values; changing the W value
also changes the value in the H fi eld.

10. Click the Commit Transform button on the Options bar (or press Return/
Enter) to fi nalize the transformation.

If you press Return/Enter, you have to press it twice to fi nalize the transformation.
Th e fi rst time you press it, you apply the change to the active fi eld; the second time,
you fi nalize the transformation and exit Free Transform mode.
11. Save the fi le and continue to the next exercise.

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