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[ 29 ]› › DOWN & DIRTY TRICKSStep 12: To add a little more interest,
you can rotate the image in the shape.
Just go to the Layers panel and click the
chain icon between the layer thumbnail
and vector mask icon to unlink them.
Then make sure the layer thumbnail is
active. Press Command-T (PC: Ctrl-T) to
activate Free Transform again, and click
OK in the warning dialog. Click-and-
drag outside the bounding box to rotate
the image and offset the alignment a
little. Press Enter when done.
Step 13: Now turn on the classical_3
layer. We want to use the same ring
vector mask we created in the layer
below. To save time, we’ll just copy it. In
the Layers panel, hold down the Option
(PC: Alt) key as you click-and-drag the
vector mask thumbnail from layer 2 to
the target layer 3 above. When you
release the mouse button, it will copy-
and-paste the vector mask in one step.
Step 14: Obviously, we don’t want both
rings the same size, so we need to scale
the whole ring shape on layer 3. With
layer 3 active, and using the Path Selec-
tion tool (A), marquee around both the
outer and inner circle paths contained in
the vector mask so they’re both selected.
Then, use Free Transform again and
scale the ring down so it fits inside the
existing ring. Be sure to hold down the
Option (PC: Alt) key to scale it from the
center. Press Enter when done.