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8. Press Return/Enter to finalize the transformation.

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.

Re-entering Free Transform
mode shows that the
regular layer is again
100%, even after scaling.

Note:

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
10. Press Esc to exit Free Transform mode without changing anything.
new size is considered
11. Save the file and continue to the next exercise. 100% once you finalize
the scaling).

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.
Note:
• You can’t move the contents of the Background layer around in the document. If you crop an image that
• If you delete pixels from the Background layer, the removed pixels will includes a Background
automatically be filled with the current background color. layer, the Background
layer is automatically
• The Background layer cannot include transparent pixels, which are necessary converted to a regular
for underlying layers to be visible. layer if the Delete
• The Background layer is always the bottom layer in the stacking order; you Cropped Pixels option is
can’t add or move layers lower than the Background layer. not checked.

In the final composite file for this project, you need to flip the bricks image from
top to bottom, remove the desert area from the hole in the bricks, and place the other
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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