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Photoshop 2019 maintain aspect ratio on SHIFT key inconsistent

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October 18, 2018
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On the new 2019 update the Free Transform tool now has fixed aspect ratio on scale set to default and you hold the SHIFT key to scale non-uniform.

This would be fine if it was always the case. The problem is that it is not the case on vector objects, the use of the SHIFT key is reversed.

Unfortunately it would seem that smart objects are treated as vector objects so when editing a document that has a mix of normal raster layers and smart object layers it can get very confusing when you come to scale the layers. The raster layers don't use shift to constrain aspect and the smart object layers do use shift to constrain the aspect.

If scaling is going to be fixed aspect ratio by default that is fine but please make this consistent throughout all objects in the software.

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Hi

You can revert to the legacy transform method

New and enhanced features | Latest release of Photoshop CC

Take a look at this bit

How do I turn off the new proportional scaling by default behavior while transforming layers?

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C42DCreative

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adobe, this is SOOOO #*&((@#&* stupid.

I have been holding shift to constrain proportions since 1990. that's freaking 28 years guys. And you can't even give me a check box tho turn this "Feature" off?

Regards,

Everyone

Jactong

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FIXED using this: How do I turn off the new proportional scaling by default behavior while transforming layers?

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
(Windows) Save the file as "PSUserConfig.txt" to your Photoshop settings folder. [Installation Drive]:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2019\Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 Settings\

(macOS) Do the following:
1. Save the file as "PSUserConfig.txt" to the desktop.
2. Control-click PSUserConfig.txt saved at the desktop and choose Copy from the pop-up menu.
3. In the Finder, choose Go > Go To Folder. In the Go To Folder dialog box, type ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 Settings/
4. Paste the copied file at this location.
Restart Photoshop.

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Q0093C-PC

Inspiring

This does not work.. i have tried it over and over and over again.

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AndyDT

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A little unrelated, but just in case...

I'd already created a PSUserConfig.txt file as a way to workaround the pen pressure issues that Photoshop has with tablets, so basically you only need to add the line of code underneath the existing one... Sorry if this sounds super obvious and trite, but I'm not super au fait with this kind of thing, and I'm glad the whole thing works as one file!

loredanap45521105

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I totally hate it! and it's not just the shift key, for me a lot of shortcuts changed . For example CTRL+F was the last filter, now it's search. I don't want to spend hours to change them. Ive been working with Photoshop from 2005 and learned all shortcuts...wtf is this ?

and the worst is that Adobe doesn't give a F@@@

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AndyDT

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Mmm, and while it's not a huge one (and to be fair it's consistent with other Adobe apps), I've had to train my left hand to get used to the new "Step Backwards" command -- now you simply keep pressing Ctrl Z -- that's an example of a good change.

LilGames

Inspiring

PS was already like that years ago and then they changed it, to many complaints. Took a decade to go back to the old way. Go figure.

jakeh33368303

Participant

It's a terrible update. Very inconsistent. I hope they revert it back. What were they thinking?

Mo Moolla

Legend

I think it can grow on you after. a while and make life more convenient than having to use a modifier key.

I find it unsettling but trying to get used to it. Lets see how the next few weeks go

Mo

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VincentRikkers

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That's what you'd think. BUT, this is only in Photoshop. As an allround designer I use Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and more (and have been for 15 years), and this just results in constant mixups.

You'd think by now, the Photoshop dev team would learn to implement checkboxes to revert new 'improvements', because there's stuff like this every year with every major update.

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AndyDT

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Yeah, just last night I was trying to do something as simple as warp a background layer to fit a new canvas size (using a combination of shift, alt, ctrl), and it took three goes to get it right, because I've had around the same amount of time training my brain otherwise. I really wish Adobe would just 'fess up that this was a bad choice and just revert to the way it was. I won't even be mad at them

theherrera205

Participant

Yeah, it's just easier to revert to the last version of Photoshop. Adobe can you notify me when there's a toggle to turn on the off this new feature?

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thomascbradley

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This is not a feature. This is an inconsistent inconvenience with a rudimentary and obnoxious work-around. At least make this optional via preferences. Stop fixing things that aren't broken, Adobe.

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ArtRiage

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Truly absolutely mind-boggling why adobe does this.

I had to research for this change that no one asked for.

LibertyTalk.fm

Participant

Did Adobe transfer the geniuses over at the Illustrator Dev team who back in AI 9 though messing with shift-key shortcuts for laughs over to the PSD team? Or did they simply hire some former government developers, who in their bureaucratic wisdom thought they, not a user base close to three-decades deep know how best to tune functionality?

What an absurdly myopic fix what ain't broken "feature."

Dear lord.

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AndyDT

Participating Frequently

Has anyone tried warping/skewing in Photoshop? It's like trying to control a videogame with an upside-down controller -- who's idea was this, the Mad Hatter?

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