Things You'll Need:
- Adobe Photoshop CS4
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Step 1
Open any picture from your hard drive so we a have a default first layer. We are going to create an additional in the next couple of steps. It will be this additional layer that we will show how to rotate and resize.
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Step 2
New LayerInsert a new layer in your photoshop project. To do this select "Insert" from the main menu at the top and then in the submenu select "New" and in the third menu that appears select "Layer". You can see how it looks in the picture associated with this step in our tutorial.
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Step 3
new shapeFor our example we will simply draw an object in our new layer using the shape tool (circled in the picture). It does not matter which shape you draw, just go ahead and draw something on the screen.
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Step 4
Free transform toolOur next step is to activate the "Free Transform Tool". This tool will give us the ability to rotate and resize our object that we just drew in the previous step. To activate the "Free Transform Tool", press the CTRL+T keys on your keyboard (for PCs).
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Step 5
To resize your object click on one of the small boxes in the frame around your object and drag it to resize. To rotate your object click just outside one of the smalle boxes and you will notice that the cursor turns into a curved line. When that happens you can rotate it.
