Step 2: Resize And/Or Reposition The Images As Needed

Now that I've dragged the beach photo into the other document, I need to resize it, and I can do that easily with Photoshop's Free Transform command. With the beach photo layer selected in the Layers palette, I'm going to use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+T (Win) / Command+T (Mac) to bring up the Free Transform box and handles around the image.

Problem is, this image is in "landscape" mode, meaning its width is longer than its height, and I've dragged it into a document containing an image that's in "portrait" mode (its height is longer than its width), so even though Photoshop has placed the Free Transform box and handles around my image, I can't see any of the corner handles because the sides of the image are extending out beyond the viewable area of the document.

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Adobe Photoshop Basics Lesson 3a: Color Primer

This lesson deals primarily with color and color selection methods. Because this is a beginner's course, we are not going to go into all the intricacies of working with color and understanding color theory, but you do need to understand some basic principles. For more in-depth discussion on color theory as it relates to graphics software, you can visit this site's color resources. Otherwise, scroll down to begin this lesson.

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