The Fundamentals
Part 6, Working With Templates, Repurposing

Here's what you'll find in Part 6:
00:18 How To Flip a Template Horizontally
02:39 How To Flip a Template Vertically
04:54 How To Rotate a Template

NOTE: The manual can be found in Part 1. The video is not downloadable.

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How To Flip a Template Horizontally

• In the Layers panel, click on the Background layer (or bottom-most layer) to activate it.
• If the layer is a Background layer, click on the Lock icon of the Background layer to unlock it.
• Holding down the Shift key, click on the top layer in the Layers panel. Now all layers should be active.
• In the Menu Bar, choose Image > Rotate > Flip Layer Horizontal. (PS: Choose Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontally.)

NOTE: If any of the type layers in the document have a warning icon applied, you will get a dialog box informing you of how the type layer will be rendered. Click OK.

Fix the Type Layers

• In the Layers panel, click on a type layer to activate it all by itself.
• Press Ctrl T (Mac: Cmd T) to get the Transform options.
• On the document, Right click (Mac: Ctrl click) inside the bounding box and choose Flip Layer Horizontal. (PS: Choose Flip Horizontally.)
• To rotate the type, hover your cursor near a corner handle of the bounding box until you see a curved, double-headed arrow, then click and drag to rotate until it's correctly aligned.
• Click the checkmark to commit the change.
• Repeat for all other type layers.
  

How To Flip a Template Vertically

• In the Layers panel, click on the Background layer (or bottom-most layer) to activate it.
• If the layer is a Background layer, click on the Lock icon of the Background layer to unlock it.
• Holding down the Shift key, click on the top layer in the Layers panel. Now all layers should be active.
• In the Menu Bar, choose Image > Rotate > Flip Layer Vertical. (PS: Choose Edit > Transform > Flip Vertically.)

NOTE: If any of the type layers in the document have a warning icon applied, you will get a dialog box informing you of how the type layer will be rendered. Click OK.

Fix the Type Layers

• In the Layers panel, click on a type layer to activate it all by itself.
• Press Ctrl T (Mac: Cmd T) to get the Transform options.
• On the document, Right click (Mac: Ctrl click) inside the bounding box and choose Flip Layer Vertical. (PS: Choose Flip Vertically.)
• To rotate the type, hover your cursor near a corner handle of the bounding box until you see a curved, double-headed arrow, then click and drag to rotate until it's correctly aligned.
• Click the checkmark to commit the change.
• Repeat for all other type layers.

How To Rotate a Template

• In the Layers panel, click on the Background layer (or bottom-most layer) to activate it.
• If the layer is a Background layer, click on the Lock icon of the Background layer to unlock it.
• Holding down the Shift key, click on the top layer in the Layers panel. Now all layers should be active.
• In the Menu Bar, choose Image > Rotate (PS: Edit > Transform) and choose one of the Rotate options.

NOTE: If any of the type layers in the document have a warning icon applied, you will get a dialog box informing you of how the type layer will be rendered. Click OK.

Fix the Type Layers

• In the Layers panel, click on a type layer to activate it all by itself.
• Press Ctrl T (Mac: Cmd T) to get the Transform options.
• On the document, hover your cursor near a corner handle of the bounding box until you see a curved, double-headed arrow, then click and drag to rotate until it's correctly aligned.
• Click the checkmark to commit the change.
• Repeat for all other type layers.