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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.
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 recalibrates so
the new size is considered 100% once you finalize the scaling.

10. Press Esc to exit Free Transform mode without changing anything.
11. Save the file and continue to the next exercise.

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.
• You can’t move the contents of the Background layer around in the Note:
document.
If you crop an im-
• If you delete pixels from the Background layer, you must determine the color age that includes a
that will be used in place of the deleted pixels.
Background layer, the
• The Background layer cannot include transparent pixels, which are necessary Background layer is
for underlying layers to be visible. automatically converted
to a regular layer if the
• The Background layer is always the bottom layer in the stacking order. You Delete Cropped Pixels
can’t add or move layers lower than the Background layer.
option is not checked.
In the final composite file for this project, you need to flip the bricks image
from top to bottom, and remove the background pixels from inside the hole in the
bricks. For either of these options to work properly, you need to convert the default
Background layer to a regular layer.

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