"strange bird" <nopi@madrilenos.org> wrote in message
news:8SHvj.6427$HS3.344734@news.siol.net...
> Hi
> I' m new to this group, and first of all I woul greet all of you.
>
> Question: is it possible to zoom a layer?
> When I use the zoom tool, the whole drawing zooms, including the
> background and all layers above it.
> For example I have a picture of the sky (background), and I draw an
> airplane on it (layer1), than I want to zoom the airplane, but I don't
> know how to do it.
> I run Photoshop v. 4

Use the transform tool. This allows you to scale the contents of one layer.
In your case, type ctrl-A followed by ctrl-T to scale an object located on
an otherwise transparent layer.
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Mike Russell - www.curvemeister.com