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P: Free Transform Maintain Aspect Ratio broken

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
October 17, 2018
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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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RosaPerry

Inspiring

Thanks Suzie

I didn't think it was fixed as I didn't see it listed amongst the 'what's new' in V20.0.1

Rosa

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Suzie_O_Connell

Participant

It does NOT appear to be fixed. I updated a couple hours ago and just now tried it out, and turning the constrain button off does not turn constrain off. I still have to hold shift to resize without constraining.

RosaPerry

Inspiring

Can someone tell me if the Constrain Button on the toolbar in PS cc 20.0.1 is fixed with the update?
I won't be installing the new version until all the bugs have been fixed.

Cheers!

Rosa

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

Oh, thank goodness there's a way to revert. I don't have admin privileges on some computers I work on, so I have no control over whether they get updated or not. Switching back and forth has been driving me crazy.

A checkbox somewhere in the preferences would be a bit nicer, but this works.

Rickious

Participant

Select an object, and drag the side node to stretch sideways and realised Photoshop now has the 'maintain aspect ratio' on as default, unticked the link icon but it does not disable, the only way is to hold Shift when resizing which is the opposite of the old way.

Kukurykus

Legend

Our questions are useless. They are no going to give any explanation why that was implemented this way. Why noone can explain why this was done not other way? Ignorance on a mass scale.

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Anonymous

While i understood somewhat the reason for the change, why is it not the default for any transform. I mean, now. instead having to remember not to hold the shift key to constrain proportions.... but oh wait it's a shape layer and that doesn't work, you still have to hold shift to constrain proportions, so now it's twice as confusing to new users because instead of one universal transform default, we now have essentially two defaults depending on the kind of layer.

How can adobe think that makes more sense than trying to teach users the old tried and true method of holding shift for all transforms?

Kukurykus

Legend

May I know how many testers you engaged to check how Transformation works? Every user who upgraded Ps to current version found some bug or inconsistency about this feature. How that is possible none of your testers found something that is not possible to miss? Do you even tested 2018 and now 2019 releases or you involve us to test that was foisted?

I believe you completely did not test it since you have ZERO testers. If you had some, they'd notice that immediately. There is no way to deny that, we don't need any proof to see how obvious that is.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Inspiring

We understand it's difficult to fix, but why release a new version with bugs that hasn't been thoroughly tested? This is not a way to win customers’ hearts.

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cheila_b

Participating Frequently

I wish they would revert this change. I liked the way it worked before.
However, if they won't, at least make the "lock" button work properly.
Example:
If the lock button is ON dragging will scale the image proportionally. Shift + drag will free-scale.
If the lock button is OFF the behavior is reversed. Dragging will free-scale. Shift + drag will scale proportionally.
This way you would keep old and new users happy.

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