scaling strokes and effects proportionally in photoshop 2023

[store22588801cjuk]

Since I upgraded to photoshop 2023 I cant scale objects and strokes proportionally can someone help me with this?

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[c.pfaffenbichler]

Did you uncheck the »Maintain aspect ratio«-button (the chain-icon) in the Options Bar? 

Could you please post screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible? 

[store22588801cjuk]

Where is that?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

In the Options Bar. 

[store22588801cjuk]

the maintain aspect ratio is checked.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

And transforming a Layer/Smart Object proporttionally by dragging a handle still does not work? 

I already asked once: Could you please post screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible? 

[store22588801cjuk]

thats not my problem. Im trying to scale an object with a stroke and both should scale proportionally.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

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@store22588801cjuk wrote:

thats not my problem. Im trying to scale an object with a stroke and both should scale proportionally.

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Then your original post 

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Since I upgraded to photoshop 2023 I cant scale objects and strokes proportionally can someone help me with this?

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seems misleading to me. 

Edit: But I guess I may have misinterpreted that original statement. 

So far I don’t know if you are talking about the Layer Style »Stroke« or a Shape Layer Stroke so would you please post a meaningful screenshot already? 

[store22588801cjuk]

I'm talking about scaling objects that have a stroke. for example this when I scale it the stroke becomes misproportioned according to the shape.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I asked: 

»Could you please post screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible?«

So would you please post a meaningful screenshot already?

Because I still don’t know »if you are talking about the Layer Style »Stroke« or a Shape Layer Stroke«. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Some work-arounds: 

• You could convert the object to a Smart Object before transforming 

• If the Stroke is a Layer Style you could use Layer > Layer Style > Scale Effects after the transformation to adjust the Layer Styles 

Could you describe exactly what you did in the old Photoshop version and how the result differed from the current one? 

[store22588801cjuk]

In the old photoshop there was a setting in prefrences called scale strokes and effects.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Which Photoshop version was that? 

Please post the requested screenshot. 

[store22588801cjuk]

2022. which screenshot?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I have asked for a meaningful screenshot repeatedly. 

[store22588801cjuk]

Can you please specify what I should send you a screenshot of?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

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@store22588801cjuk wrote:

Can you please specify what I should send you a screenshot of?

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I have done that again and again. 

Anyway … could you be confusing Photoshop and Illustrator? 

[rundlab]

Same thing. Ahahaha so they implemented strokes in shapes in photoshop but didn't added possibility to scale them proportionally when resizing shape without converting it to smart object. Wait WUT. I have no words lol. Just cant describe how dumb and illogical it is, thats just nonsense. (Abuse removed)

[c.pfaffenbichler]

@rundlab , please mind your manners. 

Photoshop is still a pixel oriented application, with limited vector options, and you may want to do vector-heavy work in Illustrator or another vector-oriented application. 

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

There are also scripts to automate this task:

https://www.mightyplugins.cc/magic-scripts

https://youtu.be/7mXQ9oQAznQ

[MADPILOT1]

Please don't criticize the software, it is very hurtful to the "community experts", for some unknown reason that i don't care about. 
Yes, you used to be able to do this, but without criticizing the software and cause feelings of neglect and frustration among the community experts, i can say that ehmm, a lot of highly useful features have been lost over time. I have used it for 25 years now. A personal advice is to not become a graphic designer. Also, if someone is being abusive in adobe community forum, or any other forum, just pretend they don't exist and wait until some nice guy like me comes along and give you a respectful answer. 

What you can do is to make a smart object of the item you want to have a persistently scaled stroke. Just make it as large as possibly needed and scale them down from there, to avoid blurring.

You don't need to read or understand the following explanation: Even though the content of the smart object is vector, or another smart object that is scaled down, it will treat it as if it is a bitmap object, with the dimensions of the smart object being 100%, so anything bigger than the dimensions of the smart object will become slightly blurred, regardless of what the smart object cointains.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

a lot of highly useful features have been lost over time.

Which lost features are you referring to specifically? 

The 3D functionality that has been deprecated did not exist 25 years ago; aside from that not much comes to my mind that was possible in Photoshop 25 years ago and is impossible now except that shortcut-changes made it impossible to select Whites, Neutrals and Blacks in the Selective Color dialog. 

What you can do is to make a smart object of the item you want to have a persistently scaled stroke.

As mentioned in 2022.