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8. Press Shift, click the top-right bounding box handle, and then drag down
and left until the layer content is approximately two-thirds the original size.

The selection (in this case, the entire Rating layer) dynamically changes as you scale the
layer. Pressing Shift while you drag a handle constrains the image proportions as you
resize it. When you release the mouse button, the handles remain in place until you
finalize (“commit”) the transformation.
While you’re manually transforming a layer or selection, the Options bar shows the
specifics. You can also type into these fields to apply specific numeric transformations.

Shift-click and drag a Manual transformations in
handle to scale the the document window reflect
content proportionally. in the Options bar fields.

9. Press Return/Enter to finalize the transformation.
After finalizing the transformation, the bounding-box handles disappear.

10. With the Rating 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 fields still show the scaling
percentage based on the original.

11. In the Options bar, choose the bottom-left reference point location.

12. Click the Maintain Aspect Ratio button to activate that option.

13. Highlight the existing Set Horizontal Scale value, then type 50.
Because you selected the bottom-left point, the bottom- The bottom-left reference Maintain Aspect
left corner of the active selection remains in place when point is selected. Ratio is active.
you scale the selection; the top-right corner moves based
on the scaling you define.

With Maintain Aspect Ratio active, changing one scale
value applies the same value to the other scale field.

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