Photoshop CS6: Why is 'Maintain Aspect Ratio', in Free Transform mode, unselected, by default?

Photoshop > Preferences and reset all preferences.

I think the answer for Adobe would be to keep the free transforms current defaults since you can hold shift to maintain the aspect ration. Then, when typing a value into the free transform tool bar to constrain the proportions. I find that when I mostly need the aspect ratio constrained by default is when I'm typing the width or height in the tool bar.

Re: Script combining menu command with options bar option?

I think this thread is the answer.

I too use 'transform proportionally' 99 out of 100 times.

Switch default to proportionally ON might be easiest, but I can imagine this influences a lot of people in their workflow (now dealing with default OFF).

Would be great to simply remember the setting. Still be ON or OFF depending on the last time you used it.

For anyone still interested in a solution: work around by Michael L Hale:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/5782904#5782904_

Use the given script to:

A) Create a customized Scale button with Adobe Configurator (free) or

B) Save it in a script compiler such as Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit and then call it in PS via an action or function key

function transformDialog() {     var desc = new ActionDescriptor();         var ref = new ActionReference();         ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') );     desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref );     desc.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('FTcs'), charIDToTypeID('QCSt'), charIDToTypeID('Qcsa') );         var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();         desc1.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Hrzn'), charIDToTypeID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );         desc1.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Vrtc'), charIDToTypeID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );     desc.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Ofst'), charIDToTypeID('Ofst'), desc1 );     desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Wdth'), charIDToTypeID('#Prc'), 100.000000 );     desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Hght'), charIDToTypeID('#Prc'), 100.000000 );     desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID('Lnkd'), true );     desc.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Intr'), charIDToTypeID('Intp'), charIDToTypeID('Bcbc') );     try{         executeAction( charIDToTypeID('Trnf'), desc, DialogModes.ALL );     }catch(e){} }; transformDialog();

I too would like the option to choose my own defaults for Free Transform. Or at least that after I set my options on it once it remembers those selections and they stay the same until I change them. This is how the same tool behaves in Illustrator.

I'm asking because I'm currently going thru one psd file and resizing a lot of different elements. I want them to all resize from the upper-left corner and maintain the aspect ratio. I then type in the pixel size I want. But because it doesn't remember this setting I have to click the transform point, click the aspect ratio lock and then type in my pixel size for every single transform I do.

Very annoying...

I will appreciate also an option to lock ratio by default. I must be very simple to do, isn't it ?

I'm not sure where this thread jumped off the original bandwagon but I'm also cranky that it doesn't maintain Aspect Ratio. One would assume that if you selected it, that's what you want, and when you are done, you would deselect it?

HOWEVER!!! If you resize the image using ANY OFF THE CORNERS, it will maintain Aspect ratio as many times as you select it.. as soon as you touch a side tab, it deselects the Maintain part..

Page D wrote: ...Why isn't this 'Maintain Aspect Ratio' option selected by default?...

Duh!  It's called FREE Transform. 

Forget about your etch-a-sketch Elements and learn Photoshop.

The shift, Ctrl|Command and Alt|Option keys are modifyer keys for many tools. Shift does things like Add to selection, in transform it constrains the aspect ratio to the layers current aspect ratio. Alt|Option transforms from the center . They can be used together.