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4. Click OK.
The title treatment file opens in Photoshop. The checkered area behind the text indicates
that the background is transparent. If you look at the Layers panel, you will see that
Layer 1 isn’t locked; because it’s transparent, it is not considered a background layer.

5. Choose Select>All.
This command creates a marquee for the entire canvas.

The gray-and-white
checked pattern identifies
areas of transparency in
the layer content.
Using the Select>All
command surrounds
the entire canvas in a
selection marquee.

6. Choose Edit>Copy, then click the Close button on the Title document Note:
tab to close that file. Click Don’t Save if asked.
Command/Control-
7. With the aftermath.psd file active, choose Edit>Paste. clicking a layer
thumbnail results in
a selection around the
contents of that layer.

8. Save aftermath.psd and continue to the next exercise.

plACe files As smArt objeCt lAyers

As you have seen in the last few exercises, copying layer content from one file to
another results in new regular layers for the pasted content. Photoshop also supports
Smart Object layers, in which you place one file into another instead of pasting layer
content. Smart Objects provide a number of advantages over regular layers, which you
will explore later in this project. In this exercise, you will create the Smart Object layers
for the remaining image elements.
1. With aftermath.psd open, choose File>Place Embedded.
Two options in the File menu — Place Embedded and Place Linked — give you the
option to embed the placed file data into active file, or to place smart objects as links to
the original placed file. (See Page 48 for more about placing linked files.)

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