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John Waller
Community Expert
John WallerCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 17, 2018
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P: Free Transform Maintain Aspect Ratio broken

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2548795

When the Maintain Aspect Ratio box is unchecked, Free Transform should be non-proportional.

However, in version 20 (Oct 2018 release) the aspect ratio remains locked whether or not the Maintain Aspect Ratio box is clicked. Only using the shift key (new behaviour) seems to work.

Reported in Adobe Photoshop forums by Win 10 users.

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csscms
Legend
January 10, 2020
Please tell us that shift to unconstrain is now consistent across CC.
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J453
Legend
January 10, 2020
See https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new/2020.html#consistent-transform-desktop The proportional link button is sticky now. Shift does the opposite of the state of the toggle.
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Zesty_wanderlust15A7
Zesty_wanderlust15A7
Known Participant
December 30, 2019
This predates 2020 but maybe it still helps ...
PS Rant - Revert Free Transform
http://youtu.be/jZPLvQyA3wY

It's about adding
TransformProportionalScale 0
to the file PSUserConfig.txt

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FeedbackCommunityMember
Inspiring
December 29, 2019
V21.0.2 has this problem still - after update and restart despite 'Use Legacy Free Transform' being unchecked, it is still active and one has to hold Shift to scale proportionately. 
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FeedbackCommunityMember
Inspiring
November 16, 2019
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J453
Legend
November 15, 2019
This issue should be fixed in the current version, Photoshop 2020 v21.x or later.

Details: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new/2020.html#consistent-transform-desktop

Let us know if you're still having trouble.
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Hannah Nicollet
Community Manager
Hannah NicolletCommunity Manager
Community Manager
October 15, 2019
I thought it was simply called Transform by default but it says Free Transform. Good point. 
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FeedbackCommunityMember
Inspiring
October 15, 2019
At the very least, it shouldn't be called "Free Transform" anymore. Since the default no longer lets you transform it without restrictions, it's the opposite of what it once was.
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FeedbackCommunityMember
Inspiring
August 22, 2019
How about you make a setting called "Use Alternative New Free Transform" for those wishing to use the new behavior and use the old well-understood behavior by default as before?
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J453
Legend
August 21, 2019
Go to Preferences > General...and check "Use Legacy Free Transform" for the old behavior.
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