#Resize a layer in photoshop free#

Press Enter or click the check mark in the upper-right corner to apply the transformation.

Hold Shift to rotate the layer in 15 degrees increments, to easily rotate it to 90- or 180-degree angle.

To rotate the layer, move your cursor outside the transform box until it changes to indicate rotation mode.

You can hold Alt (or Option) to resize from the center point. Center pointвЂ™s options are at the very left of the Options bar. In newer versions, the opposite is true, holding Shift will enable changing the proportions.Дrag inside the transform box to adjust layerвЂ™s position while you resize, but avoid accidentally moving the center point, if you have its visibility turned on вЂ“ though nothing bad will happen if you do, and it will reset itself on the next transformation. In older versions, hold Shift to keep layerвЂ™s original aspect ratio. If you have a version of Photoshop newer than CC 2019, layers will resize proportionally by default.

Drag any corner or side of the layerвЂ™s bounding box to resize it to the dimensions you want.

#Resize a layer in photoshop free#

Press Ctrl (or CMD) + T, or go to Edit > Free Transform.If you donвЂ™t see the either Options bar or Tools Menu, enable them by going to Window > Options/Tools. If you donвЂ™t see the panel, in the top menu click Window > Layers, or press F7.ДЄlternatively, you can click on the layer itself using Move Tool (V) with Auto-Select enabled in the Options bar at the top.

Select your layer in the Layers panel.There are plenty of different ways you can resize a layer in Photoshop, but the most common and by far the most universal method, whether itвЂ™s an image, text, vector shape or any other type of layer is by using Free Transform.