how to scale artboard proportionally??????

Forum|Forum|9 months ago
July 8, 2025
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Trying to widen the artboard but keep everything centered?? Or... scale artboard using the fields to input size but want it to scale from center not left edge!!!!!!!!!!

Windows

Conrad_C

Community Expert

I see what you mean. The usual transformation modifier keys for center scaling and proportional scaling don’t work with artboards, for some weird reason.

I also thought I remembered them working a while ago, but I’m not sure. Maybe that got broken?

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

@Todd_Morgan

Take a look here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/scale-artboard-and-content/idc-p/14089962

Todd_MorganAuthor

Legend

Not looking to9 rescale content. For example, I have a PSD file already created with many layers, to 1080x1920 artboard. But I need to widen the artboard for use in AE, so I can extend artwork to the sides. Being able to drag the artboard right edge and hold down shift or ctr key to proportionally widen the artboard would be great!. Or... being able to select the center of the artboard using that 9 point grid for transform would also be great - but nothing. I thought we used to be able to scale an artboard like that?

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

The artboard tool is under the move tool, which allows you to manually resize the artboard edges without affecting content.

Todd_MorganAuthor

Legend

Would be nice to be able to manually drag artboard and scale proportionally (for example - widen artboard both left and right at the same time) like we can when drag/resizing an object...

[Mod: Moved into the thread to the same topic]

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