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November 6, 2018
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Resizing handles disappeared [2018]

  • November 6, 2018
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Sorry if this has been asked before, I have tried searching for the answer, but it's alluding me!

Since the update I cannot find how to switch on the handle guides when resizing. I have to try and guess where the edge of the image is until the cursor changes shape.

Can any help tell me how to switch the guides back on?

 

Thanks

 

Mike

3 replies

November 6, 2018

Go to Photoshop Preferences, General, "Reset Preferences on Quit". After quitting Photoshop and relaunching, transform controls appear as they should. You'll lose all of your Photoshop preference settings, so you'll need to go through all your preferences settings and put them back the way you like them. I suggest making screen shots of all the different preference settings before you reset them to make it easier to set it back up the way you want.

malic22Author
Participating Frequently
November 6, 2018

I will try that!

Mo Moolla
Legend
November 6, 2018

Of resetting the preferences doesn't work trash the preferences file and restart Photoshop. You should be good

Mo Moolla
Legend
November 6, 2018

See top right of pic. Have you enabled Show Transform Controls?

malic22Author
Participating Frequently
November 6, 2018

Yes, I have that checked. Seems something is wrong, maybe since updating the computer to Mojave.

JJMack
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 6, 2018

Which tool are you using? Show a screen capture...

JJMack
malic22Author
Participating Frequently
November 6, 2018

Say you have an object you want to resize, you go:

Edit > Transform > Scale

Normally you would have a box appear around it with points in each corner and middle sides/bottom/top.

These are not appearing.