Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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A The first photo appears
in the active selection.
# Click the Move tool.
$ Click and drag in the
area to reposition it.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL
% Press Ô+T (Ctrl+T) to make the
Free Transform anchors appear.
^ Shift+click the anchor points to
resize the photo.
& Click the layer’s Opacity slider
and drag to the left to blend the
images more naturally.
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TIPS
Try This!
You can make two images blend
together with a smooth transition
by using the Gradient tool ( ) to
apply a black-to-white gradient on
the layer mask.
Customize It!
When you use a pen tablet to paint
on a layer mask, you can easily
control how much of the image
you reveal with each brush stroke
by setting the brush opacity to
respond to pen pressure. Click the
Brushes thumbnail to open the
Brushes Presets. Click Shape
Dynamics and set Size Jitter
Control to Pen Pressure.
Did You Know?
You can add a layer mask to any
layer by clicking the Layer Mask
button ( ) in the Layers panel.
Ô+click (Ctrl+click) the Layer Mask
button to add a white layer mask
that reveals all on that layer.
Option+click (Alt+click) the Layer
Mask button to add a black layer
mask that conceals everything on
that layer.
Chapter 2: Work with Layers, Selections, and Masks 59