P: CS6 program error from vector tools, multiple text layer font size weirdness

Hi everyone,

I just want to add my frustration to the list to make sure Adobe fixes this quickly. To be concise as possible:

- I also prefer the old way of handling font sizes. It makes much more sense, and is a lot more precise!
- I am experiencing the same problem as @Austinbaker: selecting individual text layers works fine, but when you select multiple text layers and try to edit them simultaneously, Photoshop changes the pt size.

The pt size bug is very puzzling (and EXTREMELY frustrating). I don't transform layer sizes manually, so am not sure where is comes from - and it doesn't happen on all text layers.

So i think there is still a bit of confusion over the several issues listed here.

My issue looks like this. I will show pictures.

1 layer selected 16pt, no transform has been treated.


2. Different layer selected. 16pt, no transform.


3. Both layers selected. 4.2pt?


Now here the kicker. If i change that back to 16pt while selected it will THEN apply a roughly 400% increase in the size. Still nothing have been "transformed"



Also, i should note that if i reselect both of those two layers again. it reads at 4.2pt again.

Id add that i also thought the character panel issue was a bug.

When im working with text in both web and print i think and given suggestions in exact points... and when i select multi text items its usually because i want to change all the point values at one time. If i wanted to keep them proportionally the same and enlarge them at the same time i use the transform tool.

I got really confused when i went to transform items that i knew were all 15pt each and the panel told me they were 5.5pt (when selected together) and has been EXTREMELY frustrating in my workflow.

I'd like to throw in that I thought the text adjustment within the Character palette was a bug, and during the beta period, I reported it as such.

When you select multiple text layers (transformed or not), the size field is the only field that acts this way. When you change kerning, leading, etc that adjustment is applied to what you have selected. If I have10 lines of text and I want to make sure they are all 14pt, I should be able to select those text layers and make the change. An empty (blank) field would tell me that one is off. If it says 14pt, I know they are all 14pt.

This is how it has worked all these years. It shouldn't act as a "scale all layers proportionally" feature. Are you thinking people type percentages in this field? I have never done that at all. It is always a precise pt size.

Hi

To Chris,

Re Question 1: I just got the error again, for the first time in a month. I have found the Error Log. It doesn't seem to mention todays error however I have attached it anyway as it might relate to the original problem.



To David

RE Question 2: I agree with the above people who need the old way of manipulating text, although I wonder if having the ability to choose either option as a preference may help as other people may prefer the new way?

Thanks
Karen

Hi David! we really need the old way of manipulating text because it`s fast, precise and accurate, unlike the new design paradigm of CS6 that just slows us down.

Thank you and have a great weekend! 🙂

Yes please the old wayy!

How its working in CS6 just makes NO SENSE...

I totally agree with Orangutan here about the SELECTING and text transforming... it really slows you down... specially if you ́re a web designer.

Hi David, thanks for suggestion. I would appreciate if it could be like in older versions - change selected text to same exact size ("...change the font size to (say) 22pt, and BOTH would go to 22pt.")

I hope the majority will feel the same. Thanks for your attention 🙂

We did pass this change before Beta Testers, but didn't hear any negative feedback. The feedback here, however, seems to be the opposite. Which then begs the question:

DO YOU HAVE ANY USE FOR TRANSFORMS TO BE MAINTAINED WHEN FONT SIZE IS CHANGED? OR WOULD YOU RATHER AUTOMATICALLY REMOVE TRANSFORMATIONS WHEN YOU RESIZE A FONT'S SIZE?

Said another way with an example:

Starting with CS6, if you had two text boxes at 18pt and you transformed one to be 200% larger, that one would appear at (roughly) 36pt, but you could also select them BOTH, change the font size to (say) 22pt, and one would go to 22 and the other 44 (200% of 22).

Is this a useful change or do you want the old way back:

If you have two text boxes at 18pt and you transformed one to be 200% larger, that one would appear at (roughly) 36pt, but you could also select them BOTH, change the font size to (say) 22pt, and BOTH would go to 22pt.

This is also a big problem for me. I work with text and typesetting a lot, and in the process of finding the right design often manipulate text by different means.

This new approach for handling text transforms forces me to manipulate one text object at a time and is very frustrating.

I love the improvements that have come in CS6, there are a lot of aspects of my workflow that have been improved, but this is the kind of thing that should be routed out before a major product launch.

This problem, combined with the inaccuracy of the new auto-select move tool (http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...) is seriously effecting my ability to deliver work on time.