Transforming Objects; Specifying An Item To Transform - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

Important: The Maximum, the Median, and the Gaussian Blur filters soften the edge mask so that the sharpening effects
blend better in the final image. Although all three filters are used in this procedure, you can experiment using only one
or two.
In the Channels palette, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the duplicate channel to make the
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edge mask a selection.
In the Layers palette, select the image layer. Make sure the selection is still visible on the image.
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Choose Select > Inverse.
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5 With the selection active on the image layer, choose Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask. Set the desired options and
click OK.
To view your results, select the RGB channel in the Channels palette and deselect the selection in the image.
You can create an action to conveniently apply all the steps in the procedure.
See also
"About masks and alpha channels" on page 338

Transforming objects

Specifying an item to transform

You can apply transformations to a selection, an entire layer, multiple layers, or a layer mask. In Photoshop, you can
also apply transformations to a path, a vector shape, a vector mask, a selection border, or an alpha channel.
Important: In Photoshop, you can apply transformations to 8-bit and 16-bit images. However, you must convert images
to 8-bit RGB Color mode before you can edit them in ImageReady.
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Transforming an image
A. Original image B. Layer flipped C. Selection border rotated D. Part of object scaled
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