Resizing images in layers

Hi
In PS7 Is there any way to resize the layered images when trying to match proportions when combining differnt images in to one photo? At the moment I am guessing by resizing the original,selecting what I want and copying into the new window as a separate layer,very tedious.Can it be done in PSCS? Thanks
Sam

Enable 'show bounding boxes' re-size with the mouse by click and drag. Constrain the proportions by holding down the shift key *after" you press the mouse button.

You can enable the bounding boxes by first selecting the picker tool and then clicking a tick in the boxes window on the menu bar. Unless you have altered the standard layout. On your oun if you have!

DD

"Sam Lewis" wrote in message

Hi
In PS7 Is there any way to resize the layered images when trying to match proportions when combining differnt images in to one photo? At the moment

I

am guessing by resizing the original,selecting what I want and copying

into

the new window as a separate layer,very tedious.Can it be done in PSCS? Thanks
Sam

Duncan Donald wrote:

Enable 'show bounding boxes'

I was able to enable bounding boxes but nothing happens when I select the layer I wish to resize.How do I get a bounding box around the image to drag it?
Thanks

re-size with the mouse by click and drag.
Constrain the proportions by holding down the shift key *after" you press the mouse button.

You can enable the bounding boxes by first selecting the picker tool and then clicking a tick in the boxes window on the menu bar. Unless you have altered the standard layout. On your oun if you have!
DD

"Sam Lewis" wrote in message

Hi
In PS7 Is there any way to resize the layered images when trying to match proportions when combining differnt images in to one photo? At the moment I am guessing by resizing the original,selecting what I want and copying into the new window as a separate layer,very tedious.Can it be done in PSCS? Thanks
Sam

A loud rat-a-tat-tat was heard as Sam Lewis rattled the keyboard at blinding speed and wrote:

Duncan Donald wrote:

Enable 'show bounding boxes'

I was able to enable bounding boxes but nothing happens when I select the layer I wish to resize.How do I get a bounding box around the image to drag it?
Thanks

Perhaps the layer you are trying to resize does not have an image in it? Try selecting that part of the layer (or the whole layer) with the mask tool. Copy it to the clipboard and then paste it (a new layer will be created). You should then be able to resize the pasted object, be it the whole layer or an image. I don't know of any means to resize an empty layer. All layers are created transparent so why would you want to re-size one?

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From Duncan Donald,
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Duncan Donald wrote:

Sam Lewis

I was able to enable bounding boxes but nothing happens when I select the layer I wish to resize.How do I get a bounding box around the image to drag it?
Thanks

Perhaps the layer you are trying to resize does not have an image in it?

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I am combining two jpegs of different resolution.I select the part from each picture (a person) and copy and paste into a "new" window.Each image shows up as a separate layer but of different proportions (a giant person next to a midget).I can select each layer/person and eg move them closer or further apart with the "move tool".I can not match their sizes unless I return to orig picture, alter pixel resolution etc.What tool do you select to create a bounding box around part or all of a layer?
Thanks

"Sam Lewis" >

I am combining two jpegs of different resolution.I select the part from

each

picture (a person) and copy and paste into a "new" window.Each image shows up as a separate layer but of different proportions (a giant person next

to

a midget).I can select each layer/person and eg move them closer or

further

apart with the "move tool".I can not match their sizes unless I return to orig picture, alter pixel resolution etc.What tool do you select to create

a

bounding box around part or all of a layer?
Thanks

Sam,
You don't resize an image, you resize a layer. So select the layer you want to adjust, set the opacity to 50%, go to Edit/Transform/Scale, hold down shift key while adjusting bounding box to match up images. ~Doc

Dr. J. Smith wrote:

"Sam Lewis" >

I am combining two jpegs of different resolution.I select the part from each picture (a person) and copy and paste into a "new" window.Each image shows up as a separate layer but of different proportions (a giant person next to a midget).I can select each layer/person and eg move them closer or further apart with the "move tool".I can not match their sizes unless I return to orig picture, alter pixel resolution etc.What tool do you select to create a bounding box around part or all of a layer?
Thanks

Sam,
You don't resize an image, you resize a layer. So select the layer you want to adjust, set the opacity to 50%, go to
Edit/Transform/Scale, hold down shift key while adjusting bounding box to match up images. ~Doc

Magic,Thank you
One Doc to another,
Thanks also to Duncan!