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October 15, 2018

P: Transform/Resize is constrained by default - Want ability to go back to legacy behavior

  • October 15, 2018
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When selecting a layer and dragging a corner handle with the shift (or alt-shift) key pressed, the resize proportion isn't constrained. This started with this most recent update.

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Known Participant
January 29, 2019
Not only the loss in production time... I'm afraid to upgrade any of my Adobe software.  Trust is something you cannot buy... it has to be earned and my trust of Adobe went right out the window on this one!  Furthermore, Adobe's lack of response and assurances that this disaster will be handled speaks volumes about how much they value their professional user base.
odobostudio
Participating Frequently
January 29, 2019
How much $ actual physical dollar production time has been lost by all these users by this monumentous car crash of an update / change - this affects me every hour of every working day ... working/switching between photoshop and illustrator - the two same tools now working in two completely separate ways is a nightmare - and I go back to my original comment on this topic - from before christmas ...

Literally the stupidest thing Adobe has ever done ...  !!!
Inspiring
January 29, 2019


Default Proportional Transform is the WORST. There MUST be an option to return to the original default free transform!!! Please update and make this happen!
Inspiring
January 24, 2019
I just got rid of this annoying thing, using some code... But there something way much annoying. When I convert picture to CMYK, here is what I got : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTILAITOEC4
That's insane. And I can reproduce this bug anytime... I just have to convert a RVB file to CMYK. Is there a thread about that? Thx. 
Inspiring
January 24, 2019


In regards to this situation:

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/constrained-resize-ps-cc-20?topic-reply-list[...

We pay a lot of money every year to use this software. We shouldn't have to go writing & moving config files around our system folders.

At the least, this should be a checkbox option somewhere in preferences or in the UI.
Inspiring
January 24, 2019
To be candid, this solution is not acceptable. We pay a lot of money every year to use this software. We shouldn't have to go writing & moving config files around our system folders. At the least, this should be a checkbox option somewhere in preferences or in the UI.
Inspiring
January 24, 2019
To be candid, this solution is not acceptable. We pay a lot of money every year to use this software. We shouldn't have to go writing & moving config files around our system folders. At the least, this should be a checkbox option somewhere in preferences or in the UI.
Inspiring
January 24, 2019

Hi Adobe people,

 

I'd like to voice that I too would love for this behavior to go back to the way it was before. I don't mind adjusting my habits with new updates especially if they create an improvement in workflow. This update would probably be an improvement for me if the other design programs that I use regularly (Illustrator & InDesign) had a similar feature. But, since I still have to hold the shift key for contrained proportions on those programs, it's very hard to change that habit in Photoshop only. I say change them all to have that behavior or leave PS as is. That's my request for future updates. Thanks!
Inspiring
January 18, 2019
"This is the WORST change in the history of Adobe."

Hyperbolic....but actually, it might just be right. I can't really think of a worse one. Not the idea itself, which is is inherently sound (most times users want to maintain aspect ratio, so why indeed should that take an extra step for the user?) But the implementation is just awful. 

At the near-certain risk of repeating things that have been already said repeatedly on this thread and others:

-This would have been a great idea back in 1993. In 2018, where it's contending with years or decades of muscle memory for the vast majority of users, it's an uphill battle at best. 

-At least make it consistent within the same program, for God's sake! Transforming a vector layer in Photoshop now works the exact reverse of transforming a raster layer in Photoshop. How could anything good possibly come of that?

-it seems a no-brainer to implement an option for those who want to revert it. You've supplied legacy options for much less controversial features like the new and improved Brightness & Contrast setting - why not for this one?