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March 12, 2019
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Crop tool much harder to use now.

  • March 12, 2019
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Using the crop tool in Classic mode in CC 2019, imac OS Sierra, 10.12.6, Retina 5k.  Latest CC update.  The crop box maintains its aspect ratio as a default -used to be opposite of that.  So now to be able to move sides independently, I have to.... carefully place the cursor on the crop line and click the mouse, and then press the shift key.  Not easy to use at all.  Much harder than before.  Why did you make it harder to use?  Before you just pressed the shift key at any time and then clicked and dragged, without first having to have that mouse cursor so precisely on the crop mark and engage the cropping.  Just strange to make it harder to use. Is this the new way it was designed?  Or is it not working right?

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    Correct answer Sahil.Chawla

    Hi there,

    Sorry to hear that, you can always revert back to the previous workflow. Please refer to this forum thread to revert back to the Legacy behavior: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2548795

    And let us know if it helps.

    Regards,
    Sahil

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    Sahil.Chawla
    Adobe Employee
    Sahil.ChawlaCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    March 12, 2019

    Hi there,

    Sorry to hear that, you can always revert back to the previous workflow. Please refer to this forum thread to revert back to the Legacy behavior: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2548795

    And let us know if it helps.

    Regards,
    Sahil

    Known Participant
    March 12, 2019

    That's too confusing.  I'm not a coder.  I'm not sure you understand the problem I'm having anyway.  I'll just suffer with it, like everyone else, until the next thoughtless change that's made.

    John Waller
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 12, 2019

    There's no coding required. You just save a single line text file in a specific folder on your hard drive.

    That said, this is an awkward, thoughtless workaround from Adobe. It should be a setting in Photoshop Preferences.