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TECHNIQUE: Precise scaling of multiple images on a layout: Free Transform Tool
By Shelleyrae Cusbert 2008
Aug 15, 2008, 10:47
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Precise scaling of multiple images on a layout: Free Transform Tool
There are several ways of resizing and arranging multiple photos on a layout so that each is exactly the same size. This tutorial shows you how to scale and then align multiple photos using the Free Transform tool. This technique works with photos of the same size and orientation
Open a document or your layout at the preferred size.
Open the photo’s you wish to resize to your workspace. In this first instance the photo’s should all be the same dimensions and orientation (eg horizontal or vertical).
Rotate any photo’s as required (Image > Rotate Canvas)
Drag one of the photos onto your document
Our first task is to resize this photo to the size desired.
If you have Show Transform Tools selected on the options bar you can grab any diagonal handle, hold shift to maintain proportions and resize. If it’s not selected go to Edit> Free Transform or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+T to access the tool.
When the Free Transform tool is active an Options bar is available.
The first Option refers to the positioning of the photo on the canvas
The third option is for controlling rotation and skew angles
We are going to be working with the Scale option which is expressed in %. When the photo is first dragged onto the canvas it is scaled at 100%
As we resize this photo the change in size will be expressed in a reduction of the %
The change I have made here by dragging the diagonal handle while holding the SHFT key has scaled the image to 45%. Alternatively you can type a % in the boxes.
The link between the Width and Height can be selected or deselected to determine if the scaling maintains the proportions or not.
Once you have resized and positioned the first photo, take note of the % you have chosen and then click the move tool and choose to Apply the transformation
Now drag your second photo on the canvas and choose CTRL+T to access the Transform Tool option bar.
Make sure the link in the center of the W and H boxes is selected and type in your % - in this case 45%
Drag the third photo on to the canvas and repeat the same steps to resize the image. Repeat for any other images.
Here I have roughly positioned my three resized images on the canvas.
As a last step align the images by selecting all three photos in the layers palette, then select Align bottom edges in the options bar
Then select Distribute horizontal centers to space the three photos evenly
You can read more about aligning in the tutorial, Align and Distribute, HERE
If the photos you wish to use are not the same size and dimension refer to the tutorial
Precise scaling of multiple images on a layout: Clipping Masks
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