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November 4, 2019

P: Zoom tool doesn't do the right thing if canvas is rotated

  • November 4, 2019
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Photoshop 21.0. Zoom tool bug with new update
When you rotate the canvas the zoom tool acts awkward and not like it used to

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Inspiring
November 29, 2019
Very annoying. Working on a very wide artboard and as soon as i hit zoom with a rotate canvas it zooms into the pasteboard and i cant even see artboard anymore. please fix
Inspiring
November 26, 2019
Can we please get an update on a hot-fix for this? It's a nightmare!
Inspiring
November 26, 2019
I have also same problem of zoom in rotation! I look forward to this being fixed...
Alluring_user5EAB
Participating Frequently
November 24, 2019


When the canvas is rotated using the Rotate View Tool (default keybind R) and rotated to a sufficiently large amount (>70 degrees), both the Zoom Tool and the zoom in/out options in the View dropdown menu will not center the zoom at the correct location, i.e. it should center at the cursor for the Zoom Tool or the center of the screen for the View menu options.

When Scrubby Zoom is turned off for the Zoom Tool, you can easily see that the zoom selection box originates in an incorrect location when the view is rotated.

This only happens at large view rotation values, and does not appear to happen when view rotation is under 50 degrees or so.

This problem was introduced in Photoshop 2020; it behaved correctly in Photoshop 2019.
Inspiring
November 22, 2019
After 2020 update, the zoom is getting stuck. I use 'Ctrl + Space bar' to zoom in and out with Wacom Pen. In some instances, the zoom function doesn't work at all and get's stuck. 

Similar lag/freeze is experienced with healing brush tool as well. It gets stuck for few seconds and then starts working again. 

For me this is happening in both 2019 and 2020. I uninstalled 2019 and using 2018 instead. 

Inspiring
November 19, 2019
Been learning Photoshop and was baffled when this first happened, but thankfully it's a bug, not a feature. Hard to draw curves properly without rotation! Can we get an ETA on a hotfix?

Photoshop System Info Output: https://pastebin.com/DsBJwfnY


Inspiring
November 17, 2019
P.I.T.A - Big Time! When image is rotated pressing Z and dragging with mouse or pen the image both zooms and scrolls. Every time I zoom I have to refind my place. P.I.T.A!
Inspiring
November 15, 2019


There is a bug with the Zoom tool (Z) when it's being used with the rotate view tool (R). The rotation point is in the middle of the image when you have a rotation on your viewer instead of zooming in the point where you clicked with the zoom tool. I hope I am explaining this right so you can understand this 😉

I'm using Photoshop 2020 on macOS Catalina.
khellstr
Known Participant
November 14, 2019
I have also same problem! 
Fix please 🙂 
Inspiring
November 14, 2019