Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

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Before you begin, make sure that the screw is still selected. If it’s not, reselect it by completing
the previous exercise.


1. Choose View > Fit On Screen so that the entire image fits within the image window.
2. Select the Move tool ( ) in the Tools panel.
3. Position the pointer within the screw selection.

The pointer becomes an arrow with a pair of scissors ( ), indicating that dragging the selection
will cut it from its current location and move it to the new location.


4. Drag the screw onto the lower right corner of the shadowbox.
5. Choose Edit > Transform > Scale. A bounding box appears around the selection.

Tip
If the screw won’t move or resize smoothly, as if it gets “stuck,” hold down the
Control key to temporarily disable snapping to magenta Smart Guides as you drag.
Or permanently disable them by deselecting the View > Show > Smart Guides
command.

6. Drag one of the corner points inward to reduce the screw to about 40% of its original size,
or until it is small enough to sit on the shadowbox frame.

Tip
If you don’t want to maintain original proportions while resizing, press the Shift key as
you drag a corner handle of a transformation bounding box.

As you resize the object, the selection marquee resizes, too. Both resize proportionally by
default.


7. Press Enter or Return to commit the change and remove the transformation bounding box.
8. Use the Move tool to reposition the screw after resizing it, so that it is centered in the
corner of the shadowbox frame.
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