Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education CREATING COMPOSITES MYGRAPHICSLAB: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS6

Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education SCALE A LAYER Click a layer Choose the Move tool and check Show Transform Controls on the Options bar OR Drag a side or corner handle to resize the layer Shift-drag a corner handle to resize the layer proportionally (as shown below right)

Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education SCALE A LAYER (CONTINUED) Hold down Option/Alt while dragging to scale from the center (as shown below right) Press Command+Z/Ctrl+Z to undo the last handle edit Press Return/Enter to accept the scaling (or press Esc to cancel it)

Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education APPLY CONTENT-AWARE SCALING Click a layer Choose Edit > Content-Aware Scale Drag a side or corner handle to resize the layer content Press Command+Z/Ctrl+Z to undo the last handle edit Press Return/Enter to accept the scaling (or press Esc to cancel it)

Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education LOAD FILES AS LAYERS Go to Bridge, and select multiple thumbnails Choose Tools > Photoshop > Load Files into Photoshop Layers A new Photoshop document is created, with each file on a separate layer

Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education NONDESTRUCTIVE SCALING Click a layer, and convert it into a Smart Object via the Layers panel menu A copy of the layer imagery is embedded into the file Use Edit > Free Transform to scale the layer (if you scale the layer down, and then enlarge it at a later time, the image quality won’t be diminished, because it’s a Smart Object)

Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education LAYER BLENDING MODES In a multi-layered document, click a layer Choose a blending mode from the Blending Mode menu on the Layers panel Colors in the selected layer are blended with underlying layers

Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education FADE AN EDGE OF A LAYER Click a layer, and add a layer mask to it Keep the layer mask thumbnail selected Select the Gradient tool On the Options bar, click the Black,White preset in the Gradient Picker and set the Opacity to 100% Drag across the image in the document window, starting with the pointer over the area you want to hide The gradient displays in the layer mask thumbnail The images at right show before and after part of a layer was faded

Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education ESTABLISH A SOURCE FOR CLONING Use the Window > Arrange submenu to display two documents Select the Clone Stamp tool Click in the source document window, then click an image layer in that document Option-click/Alt-click an area of the layer to sample it

Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education CLONE IN THE TARGET DOCUMENT Click in the target document window Click an existing layer or create a new layer Drag in the target image to clone the sampled pixels Optional: Lower the opacity of the Clone Stamp tool (Options bar) to clone pixels partially

Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education CLONE SOURCE PANEL SETTINGS On the Clone Source panel, check Show Overlay and Auto Hide, and lower the Opacity value to about 40% Optional: Check Clipped to confine the overlay to the tool cursor Optional: Change the W and/or H values to scale the cloned imagery

Copyright © 2013 MyGraphicsLab / Pearson Education SET UP MULTIPLE CLONE SOURCES Open three documents Select the Clone Stamp tool Click the first source button at the top of the Clone Source panel, then Option-Alt-click an area in an open document Click the second source button at the top of the Clone Source panel, then Option-Alt- click an area in another open document To clone, click either the first or second source button, then drag in the destination document