ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9
Cropping, resizing, retouching, and transforming photos
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Note: If you select a photo that is a Background layer (such as a photo imported from a camera or scanner), you are given
the option of turning it into a regular layer so that you can transform it.
3 Drag a handle to skew or distort the bounding box.
4 Do one of the following:
• To apply the transformation, double-click inside the bounding box, click the Commit button , or press Enter.
• To cancel the transformation, click the Cancel button , or press Esc.
Apply perspective to an item
Applying perspective creates the appearance of objects existing in three dimensions.
Original image (left) and image after perspective applied (right).
1 In the Edit workspace, select the item you want to transform.
2 Choose Image > Transform > Perspective. If you are transforming a shape with the Shape tool selected, choose
Image > Transform Shape > Perspective.
Note: If you select a photo that is a background layer (such as a photo imported from a camera or scanner), you are given
the option of turning it into a regular layer so that you can transform it.
3 Drag a corner handle on the bounding box to apply perspective.
4 Do one of the following:
• To commit the transformation, double-click inside the bounding box, click the Commit button , or press Enter.
• To cancel the transformation, click the Cancel button , or press Esc.
Freely transform an item
The Free Transform command lets you apply transformations (rotating, scaling, skewing, distorting, and perspective)
in one step. Instead of choosing different commands, you simply hold down a key on your keyboard to switch between
transformation types.
1 In the Edit workspace, select the item you want to transform.
2 Choose Image > Transform > Free Transform. If you are transforming a shape, choose Image > Transform Shape >
Free Transform Shape.
Note: If you select a photo that is a Background layer (such as a photo imported from a camera or scanner), you are given
the option of turning it into a regular layer so that you can transform it.
3 (Optional) To change the point around which the item rotates, click a square on the reference point locator in
the options bar.
Last updated 1/27/2011