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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).

      gmangsxr750
      gmangsxr750
      Participant
      November 3, 2017

      This will happen if the layer is locked. Unlock the layer by clicking the lock icon and you'll be able to free transform.


      This was my issue. I pulled in an image from the web. It was the background layer by default and thus "locked". I duplicated the layer and was able to use transform. Thanks!

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