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After you make a selection in a Photoshop document, you can copy or
cut it to the Clipboard where you can paste it to another place in your
active document or in another document. Using the Copy or Cut and
Paste commands have been around for a long time, however, Photoshop
has added some variation to it. You can use the Paste Special menu to
provide more direction to the paste location by using the Paste In Place
(New!), Paste Into, and Paste Outside (New!) commands. If the con-
tent of the Clipboard doesn’t contain pixels from a Photoshop document,
the special paste commands work just like the Paste command.
Copying and Pasting a
Selection
Copy or Cut and Paste
Select an area of an image using
any of the selection tools in a
Photoshop document.
Click the Edit menu, and then click
Copy (active layer), or Copy
Merged (all layers), or Cut (move).
Use any of the following paste
commands:
◆ Paste. Pastes the selection as a
new layer. Click the Edit menu,
and then click Paste.
◆ Paste In Place. Pastes selection
into the same relative location
between source and destination
documents. Click the Edit menu,
point to Paste Special, and then
click Paste In Place (New!).

TIMESAVER
Press Shift+Ctrl+V
(Win) or Shift+
A
+V (Mac).
◆ Paste Into or Paste Outside.
Pastes the selection inside or
outside (New!) a selection.
This adds a layer and layer
mask. The selection is
unmasked (white), while the
rest of the layer is masked
(black). Select a destination,
click the Edit menu, point to
Paste Special, and then click
Paste Into or Paste Outside.
TIMESAVER
For Paste Into,
press Alt+Shift+Ctrl+V (Win) or
Option+Shift+
A
+V (Mac).
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Once a selection is made, the next step is to get to work. Selections are
not just useful for correcting color or for image enhancement. It's pos-
sible you may need to use some of Photoshop's transform commands
on your selections before making further modifications. The Transform
commands let you move, modify, or resize the area enclosed within the
selection area. Unlike the Free Transform command, Transform gives
you several options, such as Scale, Distort, Perspective, and Warp,
which you can use to modify an existing selection. The selection area
is visually defined by a bounding box with nodes, or anchor points, in
the four corners and the center of each axis.
Using Free Transform
and Transform
Use the Free Transform
Command
Select an area of an image using
any of the selection tools.
Click the Edit menu, and then click
Free Transform.
Move to any of the four corners,
and then drag to expand or
contract the size of the selection.
Move outside the bounding box
selection until your cursor
resembles a curved arrow, and
then drag to rotate the selection.
You can also drag the horizontal or
vertical nodes to expand the

image.
Press Enter (Win) or Return (Mac),
or double-click inside the
bounding box to apply the
transformation.
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Selection enlarged and rotated
Did You Know?
You can create proportional transform
boundaries.
Holding down the Shift key
while dragging a corner handle main-
tains the proportions of the original
image.
You can use the Free Transform
command to create distorted images.
Hold down the Ctrl (Win) or A (Mac)
key, while dragging a corner handle to
create a distorted selection.
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Use the Transform Command
Select an area of an image using
any of the selection tools.
Click the Edit menu, point to

Transform, and then select an
option:
◆ Again. Lets you repeat the
previous Transform command.
◆ Scale. Lets you increase or
decrease the size of the
selected area.
◆ Rotate. Lets you rotate the
selection area 0 to 360 degrees.
◆ Skew. Lets you select a node
and drag it in a vertical or
horizontal direction without
affecting the other nodes.
◆ Distort. Lets you select a node
and drag it in any direction
desired without affecting the
other nodes.
◆ Perspective. Lets you change
the perspective of a selection.
◆ Warp. Lets you wrap an image
around any shape using a
modifiable grid. To warp an
image using a specific shape,
click the Warp Style list arrow
on the Options bar, and then
select a shape, such as Twist,
Flag, Fisheye, or Inflate.
TIMESAVER
To sh ow or hide
the warp grid and anchor points,

click the View menu, and then
click Extras.
Select any settings you want on
the Options bar and modify the
transformed image as desired
using the anchor points, a
segment of the bounding box or
grid, or an area within the grid.
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Additional transform
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Warp
Grid
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The Puppet Warp tool (New!) allows you to push and pull elements
within an image. You can adjust an element to add an artistic flare or
make it fit into a specific space by simply adding or removing handles,
known as pins, as needed and then dragging them to adjust (warp,
stretch, or reposition) all or part of the image.
Using Puppet Warp
Use Puppet Warp
Select one or more areas of an
image using any of the selection
tools, or select an entire layer.
Click the Edit menu, and then click

Puppet Warp.
To mo di fy th e mes h, us e any o f th e
following on the Control panel:
◆ Show Mesh. Select to show or
deselect to hide the mesh.
◆ Density. Click the list arrow, and
then select Fewer Points,
Normal, or More Points.
◆ Expansion. Specify a pixel size to
increase or decrease the mesh.
Click the Mode list arrow, and then
select a warp mode: Rigid, Normal,
or Distort.
Click on the mesh to place pins
creating points that don’t move.
Select one or more pins that move,
and then drag one or use the arrow
keys to warp the image.
◆ Select or Deselect Pins. Shift+
click a pin, or press Ctrl+A (Win)
or A+A (Mac) to select all or
press Ctrl+D (Win) or A+D
(Mac) to deselect all.
◆ Remove Pins. Alt+click (Win) or
Option+click (Mac) a pin, or click
the Remove All Pins button.
◆ Temporarily Hide Pins. Press H.
To ad ju st ov erl ap fr om ba ck gro und
areas, click the Forward or
Backward Pin Depth buttons.

Click the Commit or Cancel button
to keep or cancel the change.
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The Content-Aware Scale command allows you to resize an image
without affecting important parts of the image, such as people, build-
ings, etc. When you normally scale an image, all the pixels in the image
are affected. With Content-Aware scaling, only the pixels in non-impor-
tant areas are affected. You can upscale or downscale images to fit
them on a page or change the orientation. If you want to preserve spe-
cific areas of an image, you can use an alpha channel to protect the
selected area.
Using Content-Aware

Scaling
Use Content-Aware Scaling
Open a document with the image
that you want to scale.
To pr ot ect c ont ent w hen s ca lin g,
select the area that you want to
protect using any selection tool.
If you’re scaling a Background
layer, click the Select menu, and
then click All.
Click the Edit menu, and then click
Content-Aware Scale.
Use any of the following:
◆ Reference Point Location. Click
a square to select a scale point.
◆ Relative Positioning for
Reference Point. Click to specify
a new position in relation to its
current position.
◆ Image Size. Enter specific sizes.
◆ Scaling Percentage. Enter
specific percentages for scaling.
◆ Amount. Specify a ratio of
content-aware scaling to normal
scaling.
◆ Protect. Select an alpha channel
that specifies an area to protect.
◆ Protect Skin Tones. Click to
preserve areas with skin tones.
Drag a handle on the bounding box

to scale the image. Use the Shift key
to scale proportionately.
Click the Commit or Cancel button
to keep or cancel the change.
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The Content-Aware Fill option (New!) with the Spot Healing Brush tool
or in the Fill dialog box allows you to replace content in a selection.
This is useful when you want to remove an unwanted element and
replace it with details that match the surrounding area; the result is a
seamless removal of an element. You can select the element to be
removed, and then use the Content-Aware option in the Fill dialog box
to replace the selection with details from the area surrounding the
selection. If you prefer using a brush, you can also use the Content-
Aware option on the Options bar for the Spot Healing Brush tool. As
you paint, the Spot Healing brush fills in the area with the details that
surround the painted area.
Using Content-Aware
Fill

Use Content-Aware Fill with the
Spot Healing Brush Tool
Select the Spot Healing Brush tool
on the toolbox.
Click the Content-Aware option on
the Control panel.
Start painting where you want to
remove an element in a continuous
stroke (fill in the entire area).
When you release the mouse,
Photoshop automatically removes
the element and fills in the area
using details from the painted edge.
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Use Content-Aware Fill with the
Fill Dialog Box
Create a selection using any of the
selection tools.
◆ To cr ea te an e xac t sel ect io n,
use the Quick Selection tool on
the toolbox, and use the Refine

Edge button on the Control
panel.
Click the Edit menu, and then click
Fill.
Click the Use list arrow, and then
click Content-Aware.
Click OK.
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