Scratchboard Tutorials
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When using the scale feature (layer-transform-scale), hold the shift key down as you drag a corner handle to transform scale proportionately. The height and width can be scaled separately by dragging from the middle of an edge, without holding the shift key.
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You can manipulate a selection or layer using several transformations in succession before applying the cumulative transformation.
 

The art director stopped by to see how things were looking. Her comments- the eyes are to wide open, should be sexier, move the bra strap to the right and give more shape to the waist. Following describes how I fixed the eyes.
Scanned the eyes from another stock photo at roughly the same size (a bit of trial and error here) and the same resolution. Used the lasso tool and made an irregular selection around the eyes and eyebrows, then feathered the selection by about 12 pixels. Inverted the selection, named the background (have to give the background a name before the background can be deleted to transparent) and deleted the surrounding background. Used the move tool to drag the selection into the main file on a new layer and adjusted levels of eyes to match face. With the move tool still selected, positioned the eyes. The eyes didn't quite fit, so with that layer still active, the eyes were selected and, layer-transform-scale was selected from the menu. A box appeared around the eyes, moved the handles of the box until the eyes were the correct size, then hit return to apply. As you may have noticed, the eye on the left (her right eye) is skewed. Here's how I fixed it. Made a slightly irregular selection around that eye and eyebrow using the lasso tool, and copied and pasted to a new layer. From the menu, selected layer-transform-rotate, a bounding box appeared around the eye, rotated and moved until it looked right and hit return to apply. Merged the layer with the eyes and face, then with the rubber stamp tool, blended the edges
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To move a transform selection or layer, place the pointer inside the bounding box and drag. This will help visualize how the transform fits
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