Distort tool does not working

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October 22, 2018
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Hello,

Distort tool does not working after last update. When you select are with marquee tool and try to use distort to increase photo, it does not working.

Please advice.

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Correct answer davescm

Again, there isn't a "Distort tool" in the toolbox. We'd love to help, but will need more details on exactly what you are doing.

~Barb

I suspect you mean Transform >Distort. The behaviour of transform has changed in the recent update. Where previously the shift key was used to constrain the transform , it now works the other way round and the shift key is used to unconstrain the transform.

See here :

New and enhanced features | Latest release of Photoshop CC

Dave

Gezina Uys

Participant

Please help me. I want to make photos of my scrapbook pages square. I crop the photos a little larger than 12x12 in. Then I use the distort tool to drag the corners to the 12x12in square. But the hole photo moves instead of only the corner that I am draging. What must I do to get this right. My old program, Photoshop Elements 11 did this much more easy than this 2020 Photoshop Elements.

Kukurykus

Legend

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/photoshop-cc-release-20-0-0-free-transform-tool-problem

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innovative_ninja1674

Inspiring

I think this might be the same issue I am having.

When working on an image I almost always use: >Select All >Edit >Transform >Distort, then I drag out the corners by pointing my stylus on the little boxes at the corners. I will almost always drag out a corner, then bring in a new Guide over my image to see if I need to drag further or less.

In the latest version (Nov 2018,) once I bring in this new Guide the 'Commit Transform' action occurs, although I may want to continue adjustments before I want to 'Commit Transform'.

So, now I have to Deselect, Select All, Edit, Transform, etc., in incremental steps, which takes much longer.

One other thing. Once, >Select All >Edit >Transform >Distort has be done we were before able to drag from the center of each of the four sides of an image. This no longer works.

Please advise, if you can.

Thank you,

Derek

davescm

Community Expert

The auto commit function is not universally popular and you have just outlined another circumstance where it gets in the way.

I'm not sure what you mean on the second issue - I can still use the centre handles. Hold shift to pull them out.

Dave

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innovative_ninja1674

Inspiring

light-trap wrote
Can you say if the auto commit function will be withdrawn, or should I continue to use my previous version of Photoshop?
Because, this new cumbersome method certainly slows down my workflow.
Derek

Derek, you can revert to the old method using PSUserConfig.txt

To revert to the legacy transform behavior, do the following:
Use Notepad (Windows) or a text editor on Mac OS to create a plain text file (.txt).
Type the text below in the text file:

TransformProportionalScale 0

Save the file as "PSUserConfig.txt" to your Photoshop settings folder:
Windows: [Installation Drive]:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2019\Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 Settings\
macOS: //Users/[User Name]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 Settings/

But I strongly suspect that at some point in the future, that will no longer be an option, or if it is, you will lose some functionality. So it might be best to bite the bullet and learn the new method.

I don't have time to construct the screen shots right now, but if you try it for yourself, and look at the cursor graphics, you will see helpful additions to the cursors to show what to expect. This was a game changer for me, as I could see what was going on, and I was then able to quickly learn the new way and it is already comfortable.

I appreciate all your comments.

Although I've been using Photoshop for over 10 years I don't understand what you mean by this:

" look at the cursor graphics, you will see helpful additions to the cursors to show what to expect."

Thank you.

Derek