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Mario Arizmendi
Mario Arizmendi
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October 17, 2018
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Photoshop CC 2019, transform handles not showing [2019]

  • October 17, 2018
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Normaly in photoshop, when hit Comand+T the handles appear to do any transformations, however now in CC 2019 handles not appearing at all, only the reference point is visible, I saw preferences and dont see any to activate it.

 

Only when I activate View/Show layer edges  a blue line appears.. How can I fix this?

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I found if I go into Preferences, Performance, and click on "Advanced Settings" under the "Use Graphics Processor setting, then changed the drawing mode from Advanced to Basic, then the Transform controls would show. If I have it set to Normal or Advanced, it wouldn't show. Not sure if it's a good thing to go with Basic as opposed to Advanced or not.

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sjmayer67
Participant
February 3, 2021

I THINK THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE TALLKING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS. THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IF YOU WANT THE HANDLE BARS BACK. SEE SCREENSHOT BELOW.

 

 

 

 

    robyn cedar hill
    robyn cedar hill
    Participant
    June 28, 2021

    Thank you! This worked when nothing else suggested did. And I never unchecked that box in the first place.

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      judithk94125916
      Participant
      December 23, 2019

      If this is the "Correct answer" why doesn't it work? Have tried ALL the suggested fixes, carefully restarting after each one, and still cannot see the handles on the move tool.

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      defaultd1ly8etc8edp
      Participant
      October 3, 2020

      Same here, although I have the 2020 version I sense this is the last time I shall be putting any money Adobe's way

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      TDCILS
      Participant
      November 27, 2019

      More pre-beta software from Adobe. Good thing it is free. Oh wait.

      default7sdz5zmbwtgy
      default7sdz5zmbwtgy
      Participant
      September 30, 2019

      It seems to me like none of these work for the experienced Photoshopper. It doesn't matter if my preferences have "Show reference during Transform" is checked on. It doesn't matter if the document is CMYK or RGB. Hiding / Showing edges Control H, doesn't really work on my Mac. It feels like its a bug and a simple restart or clearance of preferences fixes this. The problem is, we can not see what we're doing and for those of us that use keyboard shortcuts while we're transform-ing. This can be incredibly stifling and makes editing take a lot longer than before. Please let us know your official standpoint Adobe.

        jonroys-nationsu81174404
        jonroys-nationsu81174404
        Participant
        December 5, 2019

        I could not agree with you more. On CC 2019 I could never get the eraser tool to function properly. Now the transform handles are gone and you have to take the extra step of hitting CMD T to get the handles to appear. Very displeased with the performance at the moment.

        danielg42834333
        danielg42834333
        Participant
        September 19, 2019

        Trick i found is to change color modes, from cmyk to rgb and then back. This will delete your adjustment layers however, so only do it if its a basic file with only a few layers and no adjustments

          ben00022
          ben00022
          Participating Frequently
          October 11, 2019
          this worked for me! this was also driving me crazy because i could not see my numbered sample points! - hope this isn't something i have to do every time.
          JohnB8122
          JohnB8122
          Participant
          November 18, 2019

          I had the same thing happen. I was working in CMYK mode. I converted to RGB, then Command+Z (undo) and the handles came back without my file being re-converted. Crazy.

           

          ~jb

          jasons12167245
          jasons12167245
          Participant
          July 29, 2019

          I turned off the 'Use Graphics Processor' tick box under performance and the Handles reappeared.

          Then I went back and ticked the box back on. Still got the handles.

          So... mort likely a glitch.

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          Ravenshoe
          Known Participant
          May 31, 2019

          This did not help me.

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            sarahfountain
            Participant
            May 16, 2019

            This is a very strange bug I think... It was happening in the previous version as well...
            For me, what worked is having an RGB file open first - controls seem to work here. Then on opening the CMYK file, the controls appear.
            ...I have also tried turning on the reference point in Tools as suggested by Crusty.

            Good luck everyone!

            ps. Adobe - please fix - this is a really irritating bug for us old-school types who still mainly design for print!

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              kristic66745928
              Participant
              June 13, 2019

              This worked for me too - how bizarre.

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              crustyziggy
              Participant
              December 14, 2018

              So I chatted with PS support and this worked for me.

              Preferences > Tools> "Show reference point when using transform" Check to enable.

              It worked for me. Controls and highlighted text.

              Happy Holidays!

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                iPirate727
                Inspiring
                March 17, 2019

                Sorry, Crusty.  There is no "Tools" section in Preferences.  I'm not sure who you were talking to, but it's not someone who was referencing PS CC 2019.  The solution, as mentioned above is to go to Preferences/Performance and under advanced settings for the graphic processor, chose "basic" and restart PS.  Worked for me, but I still want to know why Adobe is taking handles and highlighting away when we lean on the GPU a little harder.  Not good.  I'll be watching this closely and investigating further.

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                  Anonymous
                  May 10, 2019

                  iPirate727  wrote

                  Sorry, Crusty.  There is no "Tools" section in Preferences.

                  Photoshop CC 2019

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                    crustyziggy
                    Participant
                    December 14, 2018

                    Did anyone figure out how to get the select text to work again?

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