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Inspiring
Mar 25, 2026 8:08 PM UTC
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Selecting corners for scaling

I recently moved from CS4 to the latest Creative Cloud. One thing I can’t work out is how to select the corner or edge to scale from when doing Transform? The grid in the toolbar is always greyed out - can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?

 

    Conrad_C
    Conrad_CCorrect answer
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    Mar 25, 2026 8:37 PM UTC

    Select the Toggle Reference Point check box next to the transform proxy, as shown in the demo below. 

    You’ll see that it enables/disables the Reference Point Location proxy in the options bar, and also enables/disables the draggable reference point icon over the layer transform controls box on the canvas.  

     

     

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    Conrad_C
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    Conrad_CCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    Mar 25, 2026 8:37 PM UTC

    Select the Toggle Reference Point check box next to the transform proxy, as shown in the demo below. 

    You’ll see that it enables/disables the Reference Point Location proxy in the options bar, and also enables/disables the draggable reference point icon over the layer transform controls box on the canvas.  

     

     

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    Inspiring
    Mar 25, 2026 11:21 PM UTC

    Oh wow. I knew it would be something easy - but I couldn’t find it. Thank you very much. 😊

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    Trevor.Dennis
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    Mar 26, 2026 3:20 AM UTC

    ​@Anthony274639151s3h  Welcome to a world where Photoshop is more like a big box of magic tricks, that a simple image editor.  

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