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Distorting and blurring

Distorting and blurring - Photoshop Tutorial

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Distorting and blurring

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- [Instructor] Now that we've got all our elements into one Smart Object layer, let's make it fit the page. The first thing I'm going to do, is make a Clipping Mask with the page. So I'll go to Layer, and choose Create Clipping Mask. And we could use the shortcut Option+Command+G on a Mac, Alt+Control+G on a PC. So now, this layer only shows up where it overlaps that page layer underneath. Let's go into Free Transform. And we'll scale it down. And rotate it. And I'm going to rotate it so that this right hand edge matches the right hand edge in the magazine itself. Let's make it a little bit bigger. And that looks good. Rather than distorting it by dragging each of the handles, I'm going to flip into Image Work mode by pressing this button on the options bar. Now we're able to grab each of these corners and move them into position. But of course Image Work mode has all of these extra controller handles as well. So let's adjust those. I'm first of all, getting the edge of the…

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