Why Did Adobe Change Shift-Transform Functionality?

Was this changed back? Suddenly, transform is not constraining proportions unless shift is being held down (the way it used to be) My legacy Transform is turned OFF. Years ago, they made NOT holding shift to constarain propetions, now it has to be pushed. WTF. I'm used to working one way, Adobe makes changes willy nilly, I get used to the change, and then they go back. I'm tired of the games these people are playing.  SERIOUSLY. These are tools people such as my self use TO MAKE A LIVING, not for memes to send friends. IT IS SO I AND MY FAMILY CAN EAT AND PAY BILLS.

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This is complete BS. And it has nothing to do with personal preference.

The ONLY reason to make a change like this is to make one software match another.

But that's not the case here because most things don't work like this. In fact, Illustrator is probably better here. Hold shift while using a corner keeps aspect. Hold it while using an edge does something else. I can't remember what, but it's useful. lol

And Photoshop is NOT for beginners! To the teacher's post, they are explaining, this is a Very easy thing to learn. And it's not even Necessary to learn the hotkey. Photoshop Elements is for beginners. If you can't figure out a hotkey, you probably aren't the type to use them in the first place....so use the button up top that locks the aspect ratio.

This should be one of those things that as soon as you change it from locked/unlocked it changes your preference. Having to change xml files, or dig Anywhere into program files is just terrible programmers. It's like they've never had a meeting with someone involved in user experience before. Get some decent user experience people Adobe, Please. Really the only major complaint I have about your software as a whole is poor decisions regarding UX. Crashes here and there? Yeah, programmers make mistakes, most likely because of the crazy number of variables for all the systems they have to support. That's expected. But you CAN control how things are designed as far as things like this.

loganb54285019  wrote Was their user testing that happened for this feature change that showed a lot of people would like it done at Adobe or during beta phases of the application?

Hi Logan B,

I've been teaching Photoshop to beginners for over 25 years and have given instructions to transform proportionally to thousands of students:

1. Cmd + T
2. Shift + Corner handle
3. Look in the Options bar and confirm the W and H before accepting the transformation. Correct it if necessary.

Then we go back and look to see it says 100%. I talk about this for a full 5 minutes.

Later we scale again and I look around to see distortions all around.

IMHO, this new "feature" is for new users, not for those of us who are long-time users. As mentioned above, it can be changed. But there's the "why". I am not yet used to it either.

Hi, In my opinion mostly people that are beginner to use Photoshop they normal try to scale their things without holding shift. So when they do they didn't get their things proportionally transformed. So I think that's why Adobe make it easier. But it is lil bit confusing for old user.

PS: You can revert it back to the old method.

How do I turn off the new proportional scaling by default behavior while transforming layers?

To revert to the legacy transform behavior, do the following:
Use Notepad (Windows) or a text editor on Mac OS to create a plain text file (.txt).
Type the text below in the text file:

TransformProportionalScale 0

Save the file as "PSUserConfig.txt" to your Photoshop settings folder:
Windows: [Installation Drive]:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2019\Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 Settings\
macOS: //Users/[User Name]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 Settings/

Thanks.

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