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September 4, 2024
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Transform box around image larger than canvas does not show on pasteboard

  • September 4, 2024
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Once upon a time, If you wanted to transform an image that was larger than the canvas area, the transform box would show on the pasteboard. Somewhere along the way that stopped. Searching for clues hasn't turned up anything useful. Anyone know about this? (Running Photoshop 25.11 on Mac mini M2 Pro)

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Correct answer Chuck Uebele

I'm on windows and don't have that issue. I know you're an experienced user, but have you tried resetting your preferences? 

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Chuck Uebele
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September 6, 2024

I'm on windows and don't have that issue. I know you're an experienced user, but have you tried resetting your preferences? 

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September 6, 2024

Should have done that already. I admit that I shy away from deleting settings (nee preferences) because there are so many and it is a royal pain-in-the-patootie to reconstruct them. I was hoping there was a solution short of that. So, yes, the transform box shows on the pasteboard when using default settings (screenshot attached). The center control is missing, though. It can be brought back in the Tools settings, but it is different. It doesn't even look like just another control point (second screenshot, with gray pasteboard instead of black). Now I need to reconstruct all my settings and check the Transform box along the way. That's for another day, but I will post what I find. (And thanks, Scott. I guess 😉

Chuck Uebele
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September 6, 2024

Yea, it is a PIA to reset everything!!! Unfortunately it has time be done, sometimes. 

Jeff Arola
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September 6, 2024

For an image that is bigger than the canvas as in your screenshots, if you select the Move Tool with Show Transform Controls checked, does tha show the transform controls?

 

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September 6, 2024

Yeah, wish it did, but no. However, Chuck (in the next post) is onto something.

Bojan Živković11378569
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September 5, 2024

Can you post a screenshot that shows the entire window with the Layers panel expanded and visible? Please enter Free Transform first, then capture the screen.

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September 5, 2024

The first screenshot shows a single layer with a sunset sky on it. The sky is larger than the canvas. I hit Command-T to scale it down. Only the center control point is visible. The rest of the Transform box, which falls outside the canvas (but is smaller than the visible pasteboard) is not shown. Historically, it used to be. It disappeared in some recent update to Photoshop. (Recently, meaning within the last year or so. I've used Photoshop since the early '90s.) The second screenshot shows the same sky image scaled down enough that the entire Transform box is visible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

jane-e
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September 5, 2024

@Rick Meikle 

 

Your first screenshot shows 100% scale with W: 6000 x H: 3001, while the second screenshot shows that you have scaled the image to 25% and is 1500 x 750.

 

When the image is still at 100%, can you zoom out a few more time to see if the transform handles appear after you use Cmd+T? Your zoom is 66.67 in both images, and Photoshop should be able to zoom out lots more than that.

 

Jane