Scaling proportionally with shift doesn't work in CC

[aleksandra krawczycka]

Normally holding the shift key down to resize an image or object constrains its proportions. But in my recently installed Photoshop CC on my brand new iMac , the shift key doesn't work to resize proportionally.  Is there a way to fix this problem or is there a new tool that replaces the shift key shortcut?

Please help me, I already tried resetting preferences and restarting.. Nothing works. It's a new iMac and Photoshop is also just installed.

I always work with photoshop, so I know how to use the shortcuts, never had problems with it, this never happened before.

[rebekahp11]

Thank you, this worked for me.

[joshuag88477047]

Thank you this worked!!

[southland399]

It's not that big of a deal really, is it? Yes it takes some getting used to, as I'm sure all elements of Photoshop did as you learnt along the way, but in the scheme of things this is pretty minor. It won't take long to relearn this new method. My guess as to why they did it is simply because most of the scaling that is being done is done in proportion, so it makes sense for that to be the default.

[southland399]

Thanks Dave, this caught me by surprise but thanks to your link it was straightened out pretty quickly

[John Waller]

pmadabhushi  wrote

same problem with me. with every new update with adobes many software there are more and more new bugs.

Not a bug. Scale proportionally without pressing Shift is now a feature by design.

[LivDav]

THEY MADE IT OPPOSITE! I'm so incredibly frustrated by this. As long as under Edit > Transform, you've selected scale, all you have to do is click to size the photo. You no longer have to select shift in order to do so. Selecting shift and dragging the corner makes it lose its proportions. I am raging.

Why would Adobe think making this process opposite of how it used to be would make sense to its users. Omg.

[southland399]

People are being displaced from their homes due to war, famine, disease, poverty and you're raging about a tiny change in Photoshop that you'll simply get used to in a month. You got some seriously screwed up priorities, dude...

[Neon Tundra]

Hey! I tried this and it worked for me: I scaled down and object without holding the shift key and guess what: it did it proportionally. I don't know if this is part of an update or something, but I think Photoshop guesses that one would, almost always, want to scale things maintaining its proportion, and it might want to ease the process. Not very intuitive in my opinion but I'm glad I solved it. Hope it works for the rest of you as well!

Luigi

[TDRonline]

I dislike it with a passion, went back a version.

Also running into odd issues with graphics cutting off when scaling. Say I have a perfect square, if I scale it proportionally and accept it will cut the top part off. Happens with Text and Smart Objects.

I didn't noticed one of my graphics was cut and when I printed it it actually printed cut... Odd stuff with that latest version.

[Jameslevackcreative]

You may be right about it being intentional, however they should always give users the option to disable that new change.

[Jameslevackcreative]

I have this exact same problem with Photoshop CC installed today. Proportional scaling works without pressing the shift key - so now it's back to front. Very irritating.

[John Waller]

It's back to front if you decide to live with the new behaviour.

Adobe has provided a workaround to revert to the old behaviour. I use it and it works fine.

[dukenny]

In the new photoshop cc 2018 update, we don’t need to hold shift to resize proportionaly, we just need to drag the corner.

Adobe have inverted the shift control, so if you wanna rezise not proportionally, you HAVE to hold shift.

Another problem that I had to solve, is the point of rotation, that have disappeard in my objects, so I had to find where to check and make this rotation point visible again.

[ProductionArtist]

I think Adobe will go back to the way it used to be unless they make this change across the board-- Indesign, Illustrator etc. Everywhere else even in Microsoft Apps behaves the opposite even Adobe's own apps. There is no consistency and feel more like a bad bug than a feature. I don't think we should put up with this.

The method below that's been posted, works very well on Windows 10. Please do this and save yourself the headaches!

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/

[augmayhew]

I cannot scale proportionally my Lens Correction screen thus am unable to utilize the lower part of the screen below ANGLE -- unable to utilize SCALE option

[RonalSmithGCG]

It's a new intentional bug. Just because it's an intentional design choice by the developer doesn't mean it's not a bug for the user.

[ronmanke]

If Adobe decides to go along with standards that are used by EVERY other software developer, that is a good thing.

An "alt" shortcut is supposed to be used for something you do less often than not - not something you use every time you do something!

I realize it can take a bit of adjustment for those of us that are used to the "wrong way" to do things, isn't a good reason to keep doing it differently than anyone else.

I for one am ecstatic that they decided to go to industry standards.  Now, I can forget one more shortcut that I had to constantly use every single time I scaled an image!

[RonalSmithGCG]

I'm fine with the adjustment and we'll adapt quickly, but it's not based on any industry standard. Not sure what industry you are talking about. If it's graphics production then Adobe is the standard (I haven't used Quark Xpress since the late 90s so can't speak to that). Now they have changed their own standard so that it's not a standard at all. For some applications it's one way, for others it is the opposite. As for other industries such as 3D modeling (simpler CAD software packages, 3D graphics and animation, etc.) holding shift to constrain proportions is pretty universal. Microsoft is pretty standardized with shift to constrain (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc) altho they have also added a checkbox to either constrain or not. But pressing Shift constrains proportions whether this is checked or not. Productivity software on the Mac (Pages for example) also uses Shift to constrain. The graphing apps I've used (think LucidChart or OmniGraffle) use shift to constrain.

[ronmanke]

Have you tried any of the other Adobe products?  Microsoft Word?  Apple Pages?

They are all now standardizing on scale to size and keep proportions.

[RonalSmithGCG]

Yes. I think I just said that.

Illustrator = Shift to constrain

InDesign = Shift to constrain

Word = Shift to constrain

Pages = Shift to constrain

Photoshop ≠ Shift to constrain

Not trying to harsh your buzz. If you're ecstatic about it then I'm happy for you.

[ronmanke]

Maybe I had it reversed then, or maybe it's different on Windows vs. Mac, but that was the justification that was given by the photoshop team.

[richardj64429267]

I noticed the same when updating photoshop and then i realized something so simple... Don't hold shift and drag from the corner. It will automatically scale proportionately.

[deannap76191446]

Don't hold shift anymore!!! yay, thanks Richard! So simple and yet so confusing to figure out after all these years of holding the shift key!

[maiatechnology]

They have changed it to the function Key which now works the same as shift when scaling in proportion. I am on windows 10 so not sure about the Mac. Would be nice if adobe stopped changing things for no apparent reason.

[heinrichc40104961]

Hope this helps:

- CTRL + T the shape or object that needs scaling.

- drag the corners without using shift key: the object scales proportionally.

-make sure free transform is ticked.

Apparently in the latest PS cc update, holding shift and scaling leads to non proportional scaling while transforming directly with the corners(without holding shift) scales the object proportionally.

Hope this helps.