Free Transform Tool + Shift key is inverted?

[johnnyp59692184]

Hello,

I must have inadvertently changed a setting somehow... ctrl+t enables the free transform tool as usual, however as of a few hours ago, I now have to hold down the shift key if I do not want to scale uniformly. I have been using Photoshop for a long time, and I am used to holding the shift key when I do want to scale uniformly, but now I have to hold it so that I can scale non uniformly. (i.e. drag a square into a rectangle shape)

Any idea how I managed to flip the functionality of the shift key?

[michelew83603738]

If you updated to the new version of Photoshop, you didn't do anything. That is now the default function. They have changed it. So you no longer need to hold shift to scale uniformly and holding shift is now non-uniform.

[johnnyp59692184]

::eye roll::

Thank you very much! I thought I was going crazy!

[Peru Bob · Accepted solution]

If you want to change it back:

How do I turn off the new proportional scaling by default behavior while transforming layers?

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/

from here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new.html#user-experience-improvements

[johnnyp59692184]

Awesome! Thank you soooo much!

[Peru Bob]

You're welcome.

[dooboo_noona]

Thank you very much!

I've been having a hard time, but thanks to you, I've solved it.

I wish you all the happiness around you!

[efcomovil]

Thanks for the proposed solution, but is not working for me.

I have Photoshop 20, Mojave 10.14.1 and Retina 15-inch mid 2014 MacBook. I even created a txt file in Windows (just to avoid the extension change from Apple's TextEdit, but nothing happened. Hope you can give some more advice, thank you!

[Kukurykus]

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/constrained-resize-ps-cc-20