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[ 023 ]› › DOWN & DIRTY TRICKSStep One: This effect, as usual, begins
with a photo. The one that we’re using
looks great with the girl against the out-
door background, but we need to crop
in a little because she seems small in the
frame. We’ll do this by bringing the photo
into another document.
[KelbyOne members may download
the files used in this tutorial at http://kel-
byone.com/magazine. All files are for
personal use only.]Step Two: Create a new document by
going to the File menu and choosing
New. Set the Width to 810 pixels and the
Height to 1200. Check that all the other
settings are the same as what’s shown
here, and click Create.Step Three: Go back to the origi-
nal image and using the Move tool (V),
drag-and-drop it over to the new docu-
ment. Use Free Transform (Command-T
[PC: Ctrl-T]) to scale and position the
image in the new composition. Remem-
ber to press-and-hold the Shift key to
keep things proportional, and to press
Command-0 (zero; PC: Ctrl-0) to expand
the document to reveal the transform
box. When done, press Return (PC: Enter).©Adobe Stock/kharchenkoirina
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