When using Free Transform, holding down Shift while dragging a corner rightly constrains the proportions of the shape while resizing. However, holding down Shift while dragging a side handle does nothing. It should continue to constrain the proportions as it does in Illustrator.
In the original complaint it refers to Shape, which i guess means a Shape Layer or Path, yet adobe did not implement the proportional transform is now the default behavior of transform in Photoshop with vector graphics (shapes/paths) so how can this be marked solved?
This is ridiculous. What are you doing Adobe? So now in some programs I hold shift, like I've done for 10 years, but in Photoshop it's no longer the default behavior? How does inconsistency between keyboard commands from one application to another equal an improvement. Shift to constrain should be the default. Was someone actually complaining about this? So now I have to train my hand and mind to hold shift in other applications but not Photoshop? Please give us an option to revert to legacy.
I'm also facing this problem previous PS when i use transform function, press shift and drag from the corner will auto constrain with this new version CC 2019, even a square also become rectangle. I had already updated but no use. please help
I've wondered for years why it DIDN'T work this way. Almost every time I go to scale an object, I want it proportional ... why did I have to hold down the shift key for what most of my colleagues agree should be the default behavior. I do, however, believe in consistency ... so please change Illustrator as well. And thank you ... I can now scale objects without having to set down my cup of coffee 🙂
@Donnie Chance Yep but do it right. Talk it through, announce it widely, make it work the same in all apps - then release it.
Inconstancies across apps in the suite is already sloppy, this change sums up decades of frustration for many of us. We don't need another Apple, anyone remember FCPX? I switched to Premiere because of this kind of nonsense.
Just do it right - our clients expect nothing less, is it really so hard?
I've thought the same thing about many of the features between these two products. It's silly updates like this that will push users to new products like figma and Sketch.
Yeah, I couldn't find it either. I searched and searched the official Photoshop forum, and nothing came up (except for Illustrator!). I never heard of this "Photoshop Family" place before just now.
This is what happens when Adobe is marketed to the masses vs professionals. I have spent 25 years using this software and the muscle memory is hard coded. Spent years fighting against untrained clients distorting images. Anybody remember when Adobe CC came out and they touted that the whole suite would operate with the same controls...
I'm still trying to figure out how to be able to increase the width of my squares while the height stays the same. Even if I turn off the lock the proportions stay locked. I'm going crazy. All I can think of doing is to created a whole new shape. I'm so confused.HELP!
If you're talking about shapes you made with the rectangle tool, it's apparently the opposite of the picture-resizing system. Go to your shape layer, hit "command-T," and just grab any handle to resize the width or height. If you hold down the shift key, the proportions will be constrained.
This ill-thought through change and jaw-dropping inconsistencies is a constant frustration. Not only is it typical bone-headed corporate nonsense, it was a calculated decision - we all know these kinds of meetings right? Make the change but do it right, so embarrassing.
This is adobe's attempt to be more user friendly for those who aren't trained professionals and appeal to a few more people who aren't in their customer base. Unfortunately in an effort to grab a few more customers they ignored their loyal, trained, established customer base that they were originally creating the product for. Adobe lost focus. Bad move. Please stick to supporting your products for the trained professionals in which they were intended. Thanks.
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