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AdamWestForever
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December 7, 2018
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Broken photoshop transform tool

  • December 7, 2018
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I hadnt connected to adobe cloud in a while and when i did i got the new cc 2019. And booy is it garbage.

Does anyone know how to fix the new transform tool.  I cant free distort as before.
When you press Ctrl T and then hold ctrl you could free transform and distort the selection , but now its fixed or it snaps oddly.

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    Correct answer lambiloon

    Hi please refer to following video you will understand all things.

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    desnr
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    January 24, 2019

    I'm seeing the same problem as maximi29353867.  Yes, holding down shift allows for asymmetric scaling with the transform tool, but that isn't addressing the problem.  The problem is deselecting the chain link icon between the height and width percentage boxes (see below) allowed for asymmetric scaling.  This no longer works.

    lambiloon
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    lambiloonCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    December 8, 2018

    Hi please refer to following video you will understand all things.

    Ali Sajjad / Graphic Design Trainer / Freelancer / Adobe Certified Professional
    jane-e
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    jane-eCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 8, 2018

    Hi Maximi,

    Here is the Help page that explains how transform and distort work in 2019. There are also directions for returning to legacy behavior:

    Transform objects in Photoshop

      Mohammad.Harb
      Community Expert
      Mohammad.HarbCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 7, 2018

      nothing changed with distortion,

      I recommend resetting  the preferences

      preferences -> general  click on  reset preferences on quit, then restart photoshop

        Mohammad.Harb
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        Mohammad.HarbCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        December 7, 2018

        In the CC 2019 Photoshop transforms proportionally by default. Holding down the Shift key to resizes non-proportionally

        refer to this thread

        Photoshop CC 2019 Transformation

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          AdamWestForeverAuthor
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          December 7, 2018

          No , thats not correct. Im lookin at the old distort option where you hold down ctrl, this is different

          Chuck Uebele
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          Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          January 24, 2019

          The distortion option is also affected by the new way transform works. You either have to install the hack that was mentioned previously or hold the shift key and ctrl key for distort to work properly - I ran into that and it drove me crazy!

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