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Free Transform Maintain Aspect Ratio NOT Working

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Hi, I've been searching these forums all afternoon and nothing has helped. For some reason, holding down shift when doing free transform does NOT maintain aspect ratio. Additionally, I DO have the lock between the H & W selected.

The shift key on my keyboard does work, and all other shortcuts in Photoshop that include shift key work as well. It's just this one that is giving me problems.

I use Adobe CC, and Photoshop is up-to-date.

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John WallerCorrect answer

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It's a new feature. The old behaviour has been reversed. Default = proportional (constrain). Shift for non-proportional. Few people see any logic in this change.

New and enhanced features | Latest release of Photoshop CC

Plenty of forum posts on this

Scaling Images with shift no longer works after update (20.0)

CC20 transform tool: Shift doesn't keep Aspect ratio

SCALE 2019 VERSION

The new behaviour can be disabled.

To revert to the legacy transform behavior, do the following:

Use Notepad (Windows) or a text editor on Mac OS to create a plain text file (.txt).
Type the text below in the text file:

TransformProportionalScale 0
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/

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I just thought I'd add to this. There is an easier way.

Edit > Preferences > General > Tick mark 'Use Legacy Free Transform'.

This will fix your Shift key to maintain aspect ratio.

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John Waller

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Yes. This discussion all took place before the Legacy Free Transform existed in Preferences.

After a community outcry, Legacy Free Transform was added in the 20.0.5 update back in June 2019.

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jeffh34577280

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I too am baffled by this change, it should be a user defined option. I've been using Photoshop for 25 years, since before layers, and it has always been shift to constrain proportions. Since upgrading I have messed up a few images because my finger automatically goes to the shift key.

My problem is that I tried to to the workaround, I saved the txt file, but I don't have a folder in my library: "//Users/[User Name]/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 Settings/". I'm using Mojave 10.14.3, just upgraded, has the system changed and these folders no longer exist?

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Arlo G

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jeffh34577280 I think it is a hidden folder

https://ianlunn.co.uk/articles/quickly-showhide-hidden-files-mac-os-x-mavericks/

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jeffh34577280

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Turned on hidden folders, still no "Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 Settings" folder.

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Mabel Tan

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Thank you!

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John Waller

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It's a new feature. The old behaviour has been reversed. Default = proportional (constrain). Shift for non-proportional. Few people see any logic in this change.

New and enhanced features | Latest release of Photoshop CC

Plenty of forum posts on this

Scaling Images with shift no longer works after update (20.0)

CC20 transform tool: Shift doesn't keep Aspect ratio

SCALE 2019 VERSION

The new behaviour can be disabled.

To revert to the legacy transform behavior, do the following:

Use Notepad (Windows) or a text editor on Mac OS to create a plain text file (.txt).
Type the text below in the text file:

TransformProportionalScale 0
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/

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