New bug introduced in Version 22.0.1 on Mac. While transforming the (anchor) reference point can not be moved by holding Opt/Alt and clicking to a new position. The workaround is to move the cursor while clicking on the new position, then the new anchor point appears at the new position. Clicking once is doing nothing.
New bug with recent update: normally during free transform, option-clicking would set a reference point at the cursor location. This was working with Photoshop 21.
I DO have the reference point visible and I can set it by dragging or any of the corners or centers with the tool bar.
Same here (macOS 10.15.7). A really annoying bug. I hope this can be resolved quickly – together with the missing ruby overlay while changing brush size and hardness.
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As of this most recent release, 22.0.1, the free transform tool (regardless of settings such as 'show reference point when using transform' and regardless of 3d acceleration settings and reproducible surviving a preferences reset), will not allow for a single click to set the transform reference point. This is problematic for some users, whether it be input challenges or just the fact that you can't quickly and easily set the transform reference point, especially on large objects that require precise manipulation. This is a cross post from community forums and I don't know if this is frowned upon, but a link to that exchange is here
@mladen_penev Clicking alone doesn't work, but if you click and drag, then let go where you want it, it seems to work. Apparently, that's the official work-around at the moment.
@danielle_keller Me too, but if you don't already know... clicking, dragging it around a bit and then releasing seems to work 99% of the time. It's not as good as simply clicking the spot... but it's a workaround that's made it tolerable for me while waiting for a fix.
I wrote a basic autohotkey script to listen for transform hotkey, followed by a ctrl alt left click, at which point it moves the mouse a bit, and back. Should work for this purpose to more or less restore former functionality without having to fiddle with it manually.
Please fix this Adobe! It's super annoying to have to drag the anchor on large documents, especially knowing IT USED TO WORK.
Here's the current process:
Zoom out. Squint and try to find the anchor. Attempt to grab it without accidentally moving the layer. Drag to the approximate right spot. Zoom in. Drag it again to the exact spot you want.
So, 4 months and several updates later and this bug still exists. You might want to talk to engineering again, because it really seems they don't understand or know that there's a problem.
I agree with you this is very annoying. But you don't have to zoom out and search for the anchor point. Just act the same as you would do before, and in stead of click where you want the anchor, drag a little bit. The dragging invokes the anchor point, and you can position it where you want.
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