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BT_Martin
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December 18, 2019

P: Transformation undo when transforming doesn't work

  • December 18, 2019
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When transforming an object for example to see how much transformation is needed compared to the sketch from the client. I need to move the transformation object to the side and then undo too see the difference in scale. When pressing apple-z twice the transformation is set to where I started the process and I need to start over. This has never been the case in earlier versions of Photoshop.

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    Destin Sparks
    Participant
    November 8, 2020

    As per title the 'Step Backward' shortcut hasn't been working for many versions during "Free Transform" with Legacy Undo preferences 

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    J453
    Legend
    October 12, 2020

    Got you. Looks like an issue. I will merge this thread. Please add your like/me too to the thread.

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    hampusberndtson
    Participant
    October 12, 2020

    Thanks for your answer. The problem is that I want legacy undo in photoshop in general, but still be able to re-do changes inside transform tool. When I tick the legacy undo setting, it's impossible to re-do's inside transform tool. Sorry if my question wasn't clear: 

     

    Is it possible to use legacy undo in photoshop but still preform re-do inside transform? There was a long period of time where photoshop had re-do inside transform, but still legacy undo in the rest of the program, and I want to revert to this behaviour.

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    J453
    Legend
    October 12, 2020

    Go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts... and check "Use Legacy Undo Shortcuts"

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    hampusberndtson
    Participant
    October 12, 2020

    Some time ago the behaviour of the transform tool and undo changed to work opposite ways of how it used to be. I changed both of these back to legacy behaviour, which works great, but inside the transform tool itself the undo is acting in a third way, which unable redos, either way I tick my boxes in the settings. 

     

    Before the changes you could tap cmd + shift + z to go back and forth between your last change, and figure out if it was the right move you did. Now it's not possible to redo anything inside transform. No combination of shift, alt or cmd key will make a redo, which is extremely irritating. Anyone know how to revert this behaviour to full functionality?

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    BT_MartinAuthor
    Known Participant
    February 4, 2020
    Yes I have discovered that. I am trying to learn to work with the multi undo : )
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    J453
    Legend
    February 3, 2020
    If you leave legacy off, undo is actually remembering more than one state inside of transform using Cmd Z to undo each step and Cmd Shift Z to redo each step - which is a lot more powerful than what was possible in prior versions of Photoshop. I see how Legacy isn't working correctly in the modal transform state - I've asked engineering to take a look.
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    BT_MartinAuthor
    Known Participant
    February 3, 2020
    Yes, but it doesnt work inside free transform in 2020.
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    BT_MartinAuthor
    Known Participant
    February 3, 2020
    Hi, I already have that box checked but in 2020 it doesnt work inside free transform. The undo works but not redo. What happens is that it returns to the way it was before transforming instead of doing redo.
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    BT_MartinAuthor
    Known Participant
    February 3, 2020
    Yes, that is correct. The way it worked earlier was undo/redo. Is it possible to get it to work that way again?
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