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Merton
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November 17, 2014
Question

Transform function grayed out in PS CC

  • November 17, 2014
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I had some text that I needed to rotate in PS CC (Win 7) and the Transform function on the drop down menu was grayed out.

The Control-T shortcut didn't work either. No bounding box would appear so I couldn't rotate the text.

I ended up saving my project to my hard drive, exited PS CC and then reopened PS CC and reopened my project. This time the Transform function was no longer grayed out and I could Transform/rotate my text.

This has happened multiple times and has to be a PS CC bug.

Is this issue being addressed by Adobe?

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    c.pfaffenbichler
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 17, 2014
    This has happened multiple times and has to be a PS CC bug.

    Are you being serious?

    The next time this happens could you please post a screenshot with the pertinent Panels (Layers etc.) visible?

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    MertonAuthor
    Participant
    November 18, 2014

    See attached.

    Text layer is selected.

    Transform and Free Transform are grayed out.

    This has happened multiple times (almost everyday).

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      MertonAuthor
      Participant
      November 26, 2014
      And why do I have to prove it is a bug?

      Because you claimed it is a bug:

      This has happened multiple times and has to be a PS CC bug.

      This is not normal Photoshop behavior and shouldn't be happening. Ergo, it's a bug.

      Unexpected behaviour of an application does not automatically prove that behaviour to be a bug of that application.

      Can you provide the file for others to test?


      I can't provide the file I've been working on since it belongs to my company and not me.

      Besides, it's not just one file that has this issue. I notice the issue happens most often when working on maps. I usually start doing a screen cap of an online mapping service and paste that into a new file in Photoshop CC. Then I cut out out the portion of the map that I need and paste it into my Photoshop map file to use as a drawing template. I draw paths for highways and streets, add highway symbols and then add street and/or city names. It's usually at this point that the Transform tools stop working.  I save my project to the hard drive and close Photoshop CC. I then reopen Photoshop CC, reopen my project file and the Transform tools will be working fine (for a while, at least).

      edited to insert spacing

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