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Beth2005
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December 30, 2018
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"maintain aspect ratio" won't toggle off when using Free Transform

  • December 30, 2018
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I just upgraded to Photoshop CC v. 20.0.1 (Mac OS 10.12.6).

When using Free Transform, I am unable to toggle off "maintain aspect ratio" ... or rather, it appears to toggle off but when I try to resize the selected layer, it behaves exactly if "maintain aspect ratio" were toggled on.

Can anyone help?

Beth

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Correct answer gener7

Yes, I can. The behavior has been changed. You no longer press the Shift key to maintain aspect ratio and clicking the link symbol won't disable maintain Aspect ratio.

If you press the Shift key then aspect ratio is not maintained, but release the Shift key and click on the Aspect Ratio link and the image will go to its original aspect ratio.

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Beth2005Author
Inspiring
December 30, 2018

Clarification: I am trying to toggle using the link symbol on the options bar.

gener7
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gener7Community ExpertCorrect answer
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December 30, 2018

Yes, I can. The behavior has been changed. You no longer press the Shift key to maintain aspect ratio and clicking the link symbol won't disable maintain Aspect ratio.

If you press the Shift key then aspect ratio is not maintained, but release the Shift key and click on the Aspect Ratio link and the image will go to its original aspect ratio.

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    Beth2005Author
    Inspiring
    December 30, 2018

    Thanks!

    And, wow, does that seem counter-intuitive. Why reverse the function of a legacy tool!? And why bother to keep the function on the options bar when it only works one way!? I understand why Adobe changed the Undo keyboard shortcut to conform to other apps traditional functionality ... but this????

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