Wrond default crop orientation

[7esiwnod9]

Why does Photoshop CC default to the wrong crop orientation (portrait versus landscape)? PS CS 6 did not do this.

[davescm]

Do you mean the crop tool ? - mine defaults to whatever I used it as last.

or
Do you mean File -New , where you can save whatever presets you want?

Dave

[Barb Binder]

Do you know you can swap the orientation with the arrows in between the width and height? And no, they weren't in CS6.

[SuperMerlin]

it was a diiferent icon in CS6, but it did the same job.

[7esiwnod9]

Yes I know how to swap it, but I have to do it one EVERY photo, because it always defaults to the wrong orientation.

[davescm]

.......I have to do it one EVERY photo, because it always defaults to the wrong orientation.

That is definitely different behaviour to mine.

You could try resetting the tool

Click at the top left of the options bar and then on the cog symbol.
Choose reset tool from the menu

Dave

[7esiwnod9]

Thanks for the replies. Resetting the tool didn't help.

When I select 4x5 it uses 4x5, with the wrong orientation (portrait versus landscape). If my photo is landscape, it uses portrait orientation. And if my photo is portrait orientation, it uses landscape orientation.

If I swap the orientation with the arrows, to say landscape, and then select 2x3 instead of 4x5, it swaps back to portrait orientation.

Very frustrating, and time consuming when I have lots of photos to process.

No previous version of Photoshop that I have used worked this way.

[Barb Binder]

because it always defaults to the wrong orientation.

Are you using the presets? So if you select 4 x 5 at 300 ppi, it enters 5 x 4? Or when you return to crop after doing something else, the values have switched positions on their own?

[Semaphoric]

The numbers are always width then height. You could define a 5x4 preset for landscape.

I checked in CS4, and it does not do as you describe.