Shrinking a Layer

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Mic
Aug 25, 2005
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Does anyone know how I can "shrink a layer by 5 pixels" whilst leaving the other layers the original size? It’s got me beat.
Also does anyone know a website that will give me some ideas how to create type effects in photoshop?
Thanks,
Mic
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jenelisepasceci
Aug 25, 2005
Mic wrote:

Does anyone know how I can "shrink a layer by 5 pixels" whilst leaving the other layers the original size? It’s got me beat.
Also does anyone know a website that will give me some ideas how to create type effects in photoshop?
Thanks,
Got to the layer you want to shrink, Select->All (or Ctrl A), Edit->Transform->Scale
Look at the status bar, the width and height of the layer are displayed. Subtract 5 from either value and enter the new values into the respective edit fields, press Enter

For the type effects you may look at myjanee’s page:

http://myjanee.home.insightbb.com/tutorials.htm

and a whole bunch of other tuts on the web.

Peter
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Tacit
Aug 25, 2005
In article ,
(Peter Wollenberg) wrote:

Got to the layer you want to shrink, Select->All (or Ctrl A), Edit->Transform->Scale
Look at the status bar, the width and height of the layer are displayed. Subtract 5 from either value and enter the new values into the respective edit fields, press Enter

It is not necessary to use Select All. If you use the Transform command with no selection made, it affects the entire layer.

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George Dingwall
Aug 26, 2005
Hi Mic,

You don’t say which version of PS you are using, but I have written a script for CS and CS2 which will resize a layer as a percentage of the original size.

If this might be useful to you, email me at the following address if you want a copy.

george.gdingwall(nospam)@virgin.net

Hope this helps.

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:55:50 +0000, Mic
wrote:

Does anyone know how I can "shrink a layer by 5 pixels" whilst leaving the other layers the original size? It’s got me beat.
Also does anyone know a website that will give me some ideas how to create type effects in photoshop?
Thanks,
Mic

Bye for now,

George Dingwall

Invergordon, Scotland

http://freespace.virgin.net/george.gdingwall/index.html
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Mic
Aug 26, 2005
Thank you very much for your help.
Much appreciated.

From: (Peter Wollenberg)
Organization: University of Saarland, Computing Center, Germany. Reply-To:
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.photoshop
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:06:49 GMT
Subject: Re: Shrinking a Layer

Mic wrote:

Does anyone know how I can "shrink a layer by 5 pixels" whilst leaving the other layers the original size? It’s got me beat.
Also does anyone know a website that will give me some ideas how to create type effects in photoshop?
Thanks,
Got to the layer you want to shrink, Select->All (or Ctrl A), Edit->Transform->Scale
Look at the status bar, the width and height of the layer are displayed. Subtract 5 from either value and enter the new values into the respective edit fields, press Enter

For the type effects you may look at myjanee’s page:

http://myjanee.home.insightbb.com/tutorials.htm

and a whole bunch of other tuts on the web.

Peter
M
Mic
Aug 26, 2005
Thank you for your help.
Much appreciated.

From: tacit
Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.photoshop
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:54:14 GMT
Subject: Re: Shrinking a Layer

In article ,
(Peter Wollenberg) wrote:

Got to the layer you want to shrink, Select->All (or Ctrl A), Edit->Transform->Scale
Look at the status bar, the width and height of the layer are displayed. Subtract 5 from either value and enter the new values into the respective edit fields, press Enter

It is not necessary to use Select All. If you use the Transform command with no selection made, it affects the entire layer.

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