# Quick Photoshop problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-photoshop-problem/89496>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [May 9, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-photoshop-problem/89496 "2005-05-09T01:53:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![iLikePie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85f322/32.png) [@iLikePie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iLikePie)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-photoshop-problem/89496/1 "2005-05-09T01:53:37Z")

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hey ppl,

i’m doing a simple layout thing in PS, and having a bit of trouble with an image… I need to erase the background so i added a layer mask and did the erasing - fine so far.

the problem is, now i realised i need the image to be a bit bigger, so i wanted to just free transform it and make it a bit bigger, but it seems i can only transform the image OR the mask at a time, even though they’re linked (by default). How can i scale both the image and it’s mask so that it doesn’t misalign itself?!

also, out of interest, if i was going to, let’s say, reload the original version of my image, is there any way i could attach the mask i’ve already got to it, and align it properly and stuff?

thanks heaps

- stu