Flip an Object in Photoshop CS6

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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we are going to show you how you can flip an object in Photoshop CS6 in Windows 7.

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   To begin, we should have Photoshop opened

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   We can see that by the blue icon at the bottom of the screen.

   

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   Then, we can either create a new document or opening an existing one

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   There are other VisiHow videos on how to do that. In this video, a document has already been opened. Actually, there are several layers in the document.

   

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   We need to ensure that the layer we would like to flip is the one we've selected

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   It should be highlighted in blue at the right-hand side.

   

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   We make sure that the selected layer is not locked

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   This is indicated by the padlock. Our object should be free to be manipulated.

   

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   We press "Ctrl" and "T" on the image

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   We'll see squares pop up around the edges.

   

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   We right-click

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   We'll see that we have the options to flip horizontally and vertically at the bottom of the menu.

   

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   We click "Flip Horizontal"

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   It is almost like a mirror image.

   

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   We right-click the image and right-click "Flip Vertical"

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   The image is turned upside-down.

   

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   We can click the check at the right-hand side

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   This will add the changes that we've made.

   

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    We can click the circle with a line through it

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    The image will go back to how it was before.

    

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