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christopherm13668766
christopherm13668766
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May 7, 2025
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Rectangular Marquee tool no longer allows aspect ratio?

Am I doing something wrong or did they change this tool? I used to be able to select an aspect ratio or fixed w/h for a selection, but not anymore. 

    c.pfaffenbichler
    c.pfaffenbichlerCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    May 8, 2025

    Could you please post complete screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible? 

     

    What have you done for all-purpose trouble-shooting so far?
    Restoring Preferences after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved might be a good starting point:
    https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html
    https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/basic-trouble-shooting-steps.html
    https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-gpu-graphics-card.html

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    christopherm13668766
    christopherm13668766Author
    Known Participant
    May 8, 2025

    Resetting preferences did the job, it looks normal again. Maybe just a bug in the UI.

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      Livjones
      Livjones
      Participant
      May 13, 2025

      Can you let me know how you rese your preferences? 

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      Livjones
      Livjones
      Participant
      May 13, 2025

      Ignore that done it!

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        c.pfaffenbichler
        Community Expert
        c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
        Community Expert
        May 8, 2025

        Could you please post complete screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible? 

         

        What have you done for all-purpose trouble-shooting so far?
        Restoring Preferences after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved might be a good starting point:
        https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html
        https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/basic-trouble-shooting-steps.html
        https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-gpu-graphics-card.html

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        christopherm13668766
        christopherm13668766Author
        Known Participant
        May 8, 2025

        Hi- as you can see, the "style" section is stuck on "generate image" although they are both greyed out - no option to select aspect ratio or anything else.

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        nikunj.m
        nikunj.m
        Legend
        May 7, 2025

        Hi, thanks for reaching out! You can try changing the Style from the drop-down to Fixed Ratio and check if that helps (check the attached screenshot). 


        Thanks,
        Nikunj

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