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youthful_Sunshine15B9
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June 18, 2013
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Photoshop CC Live Shapes Properties Bug (also in 2022)

  • June 18, 2013
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Checking out the corner radii controls on vector shapes and it looked to be working, until I created a couple of other shapes. The Properties box inconsistently changes for the same kind of shapes.


Link to vid to show my problem: http://cl.ly/PheD

 

Looks like I can't go back to edit the shape for some reason. What would cause this? It's like the shape has suddenly stopped being a Live Shape.

 

Cheers!

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    Correct answer Jeff Arola

    What happens if you use the Path Selection Tool to select the shapes instead of the Move Tool?

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    1tice2001
    Known Participant
    October 1, 2014

    Something I discovered, is if you've got the shape layer linked with another layer, the panel won't work. For instance, I created an arrow and a drop shadow converted to it's own layer and linked the two. Wanted to change the fill, but couldn't do so until I disabled the link.

    andy-mrio
    andy-mrio
    Inspiring
    September 24, 2014

    Same problem, CC2014 live shape properties accessible only on shape creation. If I select another layer and then come back to shape, only mask and feather options are visible, no live shape properties.
    Please fix it!

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    katietower
    Participant
    August 29, 2014

    I'm noticing that using the Path Selection tool brings up the Live Shape panel on shapes that I make with the pre-dertimined tools (that are circles, rectangles, rounded rectangles, etc.), but if I add points to modify those original shapes (say, add a little pointer thingy to a rounded rectangle) the Path Selection tool no longer triggers the Live Shape Properties panel, which is a bummer. See below:

    HELP!

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      treall
      Participant
      September 2, 2014

      Can confirm that this is still very broken and regularly completely prevents you from changing live shape properties.

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      Zibon
      Participant
      August 19, 2014

      Using Photoshop CC 2014 and same problem here!

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      IMY758
      Participant
      August 4, 2014

      Hi everyone,

      I was going nuts too with the live properties disappearing and only the mask option visible:

      What solved it for me was that after selecting the Path Selection Tool, you need to literally place the cursor on the very edge of the shape and SELECT THE PRECISE EDGE/PATH OF THE SHAPE ITSELF in order for the live properties to become visible again...

      Hope this helps!

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        adobart
        Participant
        August 14, 2014

        hi,

        i'm glad some of you at least see the live shape properties once in a while because i have never had the good luck to even see them at all. I've tried everything and i just cannot call them alive.

        -Created a vector shape, nothing appears

        -Did as said before and click with patch selection tool on the very edge of a shape, nothing appears

        -closed and restarted PS, nothing

        -turn off default masks for fill layers, nothing

        It would thrill me to see this feature at least once so i know i can die a happy man...

        Where is Adobe in this? Seems this issue has been going on for at least a year now!

        Thx

        Luthian
        Luthian
        Participant
        August 15, 2014

        I'm in the same boat as Adobart. Never can bring up the live shape properties on a saved file I got from someone else. Tried everything mentioned here including clicking on edges and using path selection tool. I'm not really surprised that a simple thing like editing a previously created shape isn't working but I am disappointed.

        CC 14.2.1 x64 on a Mac running 10.8 Mountain Lion.

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        CMO Solution
        Participant
        February 25, 2014

        I've tried all of the above, but still cannot get live properties to show.

        Ive tried:

        - selector tool

        - clicking on active layer

        - command + j

        - turning off auto masks in panel

        etc

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOFLhcDnagg&feature=youtu.be

        imaginaldi
        imaginaldi
        Participating Frequently
        June 26, 2014

        Thank god I'm not the only one complaining about live shapes in Photoshop.

        Working with live shapes is really a pain to me.

        It's the most unintuive and buggy feature in Photoshop.

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        Daylightmagic
        Participant
        February 15, 2014

        http://youtu.be/6EeTEFNsR8g

        Short SILENT demo on the Live Shape Properties Panel

        Jeff Yarbrough

        a.hortin
        a.hortin
        Participating Frequently
        February 16, 2014

        This is good but as I mentioned above, even when selecting the shapes with the Path Selection Tool, it doesn't always return the properties. There still seems to be an issue with it not working ll the time.

        a.hortin
        a.hortin
        Participating Frequently
        February 9, 2014

        This is still really buggy in Ps CC 14.2. I have live shapes that I just can't access the properties on still, no matter whether I select them with the Path Selection Tool or anything else! Things seem to get messed up when you start copying shapes (ie. when you try to make a duplicate of an existing shape). Would REALLY love to see a permanent fix for this!

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        leefuhr
        Participant
        February 9, 2014

        Agreed. I seem to also have trouble on files that I saved and haven't opened in a few weeks. I know that doesn't make sense, but here we are.

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        FireFly14
        Participant
        January 8, 2014

        Had the same problem. Turns out I needed to use the Path Selection Tool and click the path right on the canvas, not in the layer panel. This re-enables the Live Shape properties.

        Here is a short video with more details if you're interested -> http://www.michalkopec.com/blog

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        Anonymous
        January 8, 2014

        Excellent. Not sure that is the way it should work but at least a solution!

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        cinusik
        Participant
        November 2, 2013

        Alt-click on shape layer brings live shape properities window active if this is what you're looking for.

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        kavaXtreme
        Participating Frequently
        November 19, 2013

        That little trick is proving to be a huge help. Thanks for the tip!

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