How to scale linked files before placing?

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February 16, 2025
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I am linking in files that will be used for different masks. I need to scale the link to the same size as the background image. How can it be done precisely?

Drag scaling is not precise and it only snaps to one edge at a time making it useless.

Windows

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

If the images are different PPI/resolution, but the same pixel dimensions, you can reset any transforms in the properties panel for placed linked or embedded smart objects:

Bojan Živković11378569

Community Expert

Are the images you are placing of the same dimensions and resolution? If so, you can record an action for that purpose. Do you want linked Smart Objects or just layers in your document scaled to the document dimensions?

creative explorer

Community Expert

@Charlie329572228uvx Control Click on the image of the layer mask to make sure that image is selected allowing you transform that image and not the mask itself

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