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timpdx
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November 30, 2018
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Free Transform locked into fixed ratio

  • November 30, 2018
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This is on a clean fresh install on Windows 10.

My free transform tool does not behave as previous. It always operates in a fixed ratio.

First of all on invoking free transform the ratio lock in the information bar is default ON (it never operated this way in any previous version of PS), I do not know why, second, even unlocking the ratio in the info bar, it STILL behaves as if its locked into a fixed ratio. Is there another place where I am missing a setting?

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    Correct answer davescm

    Yes, that is the new behaviour. You can over-ride it if you wish, See here:

    New and enhanced features | Latest release of Photoshop CC

    Dave

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    orita0D4D
    Participant
    January 19, 2021

    Thats so horrible 

    PLEASE DO SOMETHING!

    Let the users to decide how it should act

     

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      murphyb
      Participant
      March 28, 2019

      @ Adobe this is the shittiest thing ever and super hard to troubleshoot

        gregoryi55248319
        gregoryi55248319
        Participant
        November 21, 2019

        Do they even ask actual users? I cannot see any benefit to this new default setting. Ridiculous, @adobe.

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        timpdxAuthor
        Participant
        November 30, 2018

        Thank you.

        20 years of PS and then they decide to completely change the behavior of the tool.

        Its like Ford  just start putting PARK at the bottom of the shifter, just CUZ they think everyone needs a new feature. And lock out any way of reverting to the behavior VETERAN users are used to, just CUZ and have to resort to a custom configuration in app data to do it.

        anyways, it works as old, what a PITA. Remind me to hesitate to upgrade to new versions of PS because of stuff like this.

          gener7
          Community Expert
          gener7Community Expert
          Community Expert
          November 30, 2018

          You can return it to the traditional method:

          Legacy Transform behavior.

          To revert to the legacy transform behavior, do the following:

          1. Use Notepad (Windows) or a text editor on Mac OS to create a plain text file (.txt).

          2. Type the text below in the text file:

TransformProportionalScale 0



          3. 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/

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          stevej24077661
          Participating Frequently
          December 18, 2018

          thank you, this was driving me nuts 

            davescm
            Community Expert
            davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
            Community Expert
            November 30, 2018

            Yes, that is the new behaviour. You can over-ride it if you wish, See here:

            New and enhanced features | Latest release of Photoshop CC

            Dave

            Norman Sanders
            Norman Sanders
            Legend
            November 30, 2018

            New in v20

            Hold down the Shift key for freedom to change the height and width dimensions separately when working on images or type

            No Shift key now maintains proportion.

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