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plAce A file froM Mini bridge
In addition to opening new files, you can also use the Mini Bridge panel to place
content directly into an open file. This removes a few steps from the process of
compositing multiple images.

1. With aftermath.psd open, choose View>Fit on Screen.
2. In the Mini Bridge panel, navigate to the WIP>Movie folder if necessary.

3. Click the Lightning.jpg thumbnail in the panel and drag it to the
aftermath.psd document window.
The placed file appears with bounding box handles and crossed diagonal lines. The
placement isn’t final until you press Return/Enter; if you press the Escape key, the file
will not be placed.

The thumbnail shows a
preview of the image
that you are placing.

Crossed diagonal
lines and bounding
box handles indicate
that the placement
is not yet final.

4. Press Return/Enter to finalize the placement.
After you finalize the placement, the bounding box handles and crossed diagonal lines
disappear. In the Layers panel, the placed file has its own layer (just as the copied layers Note:
do). This layer, however, is automatically named, based on the name of the placed file. You can place either
The layer’s thumbnail indicates that this layer is a Smart Object — it is linked to the file raster or vector files as
that you placed. Changes in the original file will also be reflected in the file where the Smart Objects. If you
original is placed. (You will work extensively with Smart Objects in Project 2: African place a raster file as a
Wildlife Map) Smart Object, double-
clicking the thumbnail
opens the placed raster
file in another Photoshop
window.

The layer adopts the
name of the placed file.
This icon identifies a
Smart Object layer.

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