center selector – whut’s it for?

ME
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Michael Evangelista
Aug 17, 2005
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I have been using Photoshop for 7+ years, and have never known the answer to this…

When resizing an image, among other things, you have the option of grabbing the 4 corner handles, the 4 sides, or this little cross-hair-looking thing in the center of the selection, which moves but seems to have no effect.

What is it, and what is it for?


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No-One
Aug 17, 2005
Where ever you place the "cross-hair-thing" is the center point in which the image rotates when you rotate it.

JJS

Michael Evangelista wrote:
I have been using Photoshop for 7+ years, and have never known the answer to this…

When resizing an image, among other things, you have the option of grabbing the 4 corner handles, the 4 sides, or this little cross-hair-looking thing in the center of the selection, which moves but seems to have no effect.
What is it, and what is it for?


Michael Evangelista
Evangelista Consulting, inc.
www.evangelistadesign.com
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ME
Michael Evangelista
Aug 17, 2005
n-o w-a-y….
<trying it>
sure enough…
That is slick!

All this time and I never knew…
thanks!




Michael Evangelista
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www.evangelistadesign.com
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"No-One" wrote in message
Where ever you place the "cross-hair-thing" is the center point in which the image rotates when you rotate it.

JJS

Michael Evangelista wrote:
I have been using Photoshop for 7+ years, and have never known the answer to this…

When resizing an image, among other things, you have the option of grabbing the 4 corner handles, the 4 sides, or this little cross-hair-looking thing in the center of the selection, which moves but seems to have no effect.

What is it, and what is it for?


Michael Evangelista
Evangelista Consulting, inc.
www.evangelistadesign.com
Custom Small Business Website Solutions

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patrick
Aug 17, 2005
Michael: Try this for a dramatic revelation!
Fill a new layer with a solid color
Apply a rectangular Marquee selection.
Ctrl-T on the selection.
Rorate the selection. Cancel it (Ctrl-Z to cancel the last operation) Move the center marker to one of the side or top markers and rotate the selection again.
While you’re at it, Right-Click inside the selection to choose the skew operation, perspective, or other functions.
Play with it.
Click on the check mark in the options bar or hit ENTER to accept the transforms.
Click on the circle next to the check mark in the opations bar to cancel the entire transform.

(In merging images, it is often necessary to scale, move and rotate the new image that you just brought into the original one. e.g., to add a person to a group photo.)

Good luck! . . . . patrick

"No-One" wrote in message
Where ever you place the "cross-hair-thing" is the center point in which the image rotates when you rotate it.

JJS

Michael Evangelista wrote:
I have been using Photoshop for 7+ years, and have never known the answer to this…

When resizing an image, among other things, you have the option of grabbing the 4 corner handles, the 4 sides, or this little cross-hair-looking thing in the center of the selection, which moves but seems to have no effect.

What is it, and what is it for?


Michael Evangelista
Evangelista Consulting, inc.
www.evangelistadesign.com
Custom Small Business Website Solutions

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