From the course: Photoshop for the iPad First Look
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Merging and transforming a layer - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop for the iPad First Look
Merging and transforming a layer
- [Instructor] What I want to do now is to merge the text layer that I've created at the top of the stack here down with the layer underneath and then distort that to match up with the billboard underneath. So to do this with the Text Layer active, and I can see that with the blue highlighting around it, I'm going to tap the Ellipsis, down at the bottom of the Options on the right-hand side, and then I will choose Merge Down from the commands there. Now I have to make sure of course my spelling is correct before I do that because now this is no longer text, it becomes pixels. And to distort this into shape, what I want to do now is activate the Transform options. And then from the panel on the left, I'm going to choose this third icon down, which allows me to distort. So I'll just drag this roughly just for a moment into place, by grabbing hold of the corners here and moving these around. Now for your benefit really here…
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