Squeezing image width

[brucet]

Original 1780 x 900 file seems stretched in width.  In Photoshop I could click on "layer" "copy layer", then CMD+T to select it for manipulation of width/height/rotation, then grab one side and drag until objects in the  image look properly proportional.  Finally, I could crop and merge layers before saving.

I'm sure that the same result can be done with AP, but I can't figure how to make a copy of the background layer, much less to select it and grab one side to squeeze it to proper proportions.  

Select All seems to do nothing at all.  

How does this simple task get done in AP1?

[GaryLearnTech]

Hi @brucet You have options…     In the Layers panel, 

1. right-click on the Background layer and select Duplicate; or
2. single-click the Background layer to select it and, using your menu bar, choose Layer > Duplicate; or
3. single-click the Background layer to select it and on a Mac use the keyboard shortcuts cmd-A, cmd-J (presumably ctrl-A, ctrl-J under Windows) to Select All followed by Duplicate Selection.

There's quite possibly other options beyond those…

Once you have duplicated your background layer, and with the new layer still selected in the Layers panel, press V to select the Move tool (or click Move in the Tools).  That then allows you to click and drag either the mid-points on the sides or the corner points to change the size of the duplicated layer.  Alternatively, you could enter numeric values in the Transform panel.

Hope this helps?

[NotMyFault]

Activate the move tool. Photo shows the PPI in x and y direction. If these values deviate from document DPI, the layer is stretched.

Correct with help of move tool.

For placed images you can use the resource manager to inspect DPI.