What pisses me of is that they changed that only on photoshop, illustrator still uses the old transform function. So they decided to unite the cmd+z, but to segregate the transform function... WTF adobe?
Found a solution on the adobe forums, that worked for me! 1. Use Notepad (Windows) or a text editor on Mac OS to create a plain text file (.txt). 2. Type the text below in the text file: TransformProportionalScale 0 3. 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/
What was Adobe's reasoning behind changing SUCH a fundamental key command? This system has been working fine for the last 25 years - why change it now? It creates confusion, it's like swapping from a Mac keyboard to a PC keyboard and your fingers get all twisted up.
I told my buddy it was programmed by new users obviously millennials LOL! I feel like throwing my mouse across the room when I can't scale properly anymore haha!
It just doesn't make sense, it's not even consistent WITHIN photoshop - it all depends on what type of layer you're adjusting. And as others have said - all the other main graphics packages (that I use anyway, Ind, Ai), have remained as they are. What is SO confusing for new users to understand? These key commands have been the bedrock for Mac users for decades - been fine for the rest of us millions of users to get our heads around, I'm sure the newbies would be fine too. Thanks for taking the time to do the video Dave, appreciate it - but Adobe really shouldn't have been looking at changing something like this, just fiddling for its own sake. No doubt there are plenty of other things they could have done for an upgrade.
@@neillowen9479 EXACTLY! At first I was like, Umm I get the idea, you keep proportions of objects and if you want to distort you "shift" to distort mode. But then I found out that when moving layers around the shift key behaviour is exactly the same as before. Nope, I said. And went back.
Not ONLY did they change this, but they had to mix it up and reverse the way the tool works for pixel vs. vector so as to ENSURE confusion. I try to be open to change, but you are absolutely correct!! It has worked since forever, and now... what a total MESS!!! What brain dead dildo thought this up?
Thanks for this. It is arguable which key assignments are optimal. What I find unforgivable is how hard it is to get the correct info on how to use it, especially the skewing of the object. And I keep trying to click/unclick the links between h and w and x and y thinking it will allow skewing and can never get it to work now.
The Shift key no longer works for the marquee tool in PS CC 2020. It used to be the case that you could hold down the Shift key when using the marquee tool to make a perfect circle or square. The marquee tool has become somewhat redundant ever since the shape tool was introduced. That should have been covered in your video here, as I felt it was a pretty important point.
Hey Dave, thanks for making the effort to figure all of this out. And it's great to see other people's comments on the complete and utter head f*ck that is inconsistency between other apps like Illustrator. I do understand there may be some logic behind Adobe's thinking to change this (in Photoshop) but the simple fact of human interaction and our work flow as designers is that speed, simplicity and consistency will always win over nitpicking over some fine tuned logic, Is it text? Is a pixel? Is it a logo? Who gives a f*&k!!! I just want to be able to work efficiently and keep my brain power for creative stuff!!!! Let's hope the fix mentioned in one of the comments works.
Wow. Thank you so much for posting this, Dave!. Why Adobe would change such a universal key function, and only sometimes at that, is beyond me. Don't fix what isn't broken.
I can confirm that doing the PSUserConfig.txt file and dropping it into your preferences appears to work. The only minor issue I had was not being able to save as .txt directly from a new text edit file. I had to open an existing .txt file, edit that then use it. Which appears to have worked. THANK GOD!
Difference between shape and shape layer as pixel is that firtst one is vector base and other one is pixel, pixel based are set lock proportion by default and requires no shift key to hold but vector based layers required shift to hold SAME as in Illustrator, all vector shapes moving by default without holding shift key is consider as edit, again SAME as in Illustrator.
Do you know if there's an option in the preferences to revert to 2018 functionality? I looked, but I can't find anything. If there isn't, I'm going back to 2018 and simply wait until Adobe realise this needs looking at further.
At the moment there is no PS setting to revert to the previous Shift key use. There is a method that some people have tried, described here: forums.adobe.com/thread/2548063
New with 20.0.5! You can now go back to the old usage of the shift key by going to Photoshop, Preferences, General (command+K), and the fifth checkbox under options should be "Use Legacy Free Transform." Still think it would be better to just have the old usage be normal instead of this reversed crap, but whatever, we actually have a choice now.
Thanks Dave! I was not aware of this change and have been frustrated because I'm so used to the old way and often forget it changed. Is there a way to change it back?
I literally watched this video and said ok cool, frustrated the sh!t out of me to make me Google if I was crazy lol. I went back to my project and HELD DOWN THE DAMN SHIFT KEY AGAIN!!!! DAMN YOU ADOBE! 😂😂😂😂😂
Hi Dave. Can you give a tutorial on how to configure the Wacom tablet correctly? I'm having problems programming the buttons on the pen for multiple undos as I had it on CC 2018. Multiple undos on Photoshop CC 2019 is a bit different. I don't know if its a bug or something since I don't see the keyboard strokes shown when I program the pen.
@@DigitalLadySyd I second this; works perfect. Sad that such a workaround is needed to fix such a stupid change. It should be an optical change in the preferences.
That the default functionality has been changed after all these years is bad enough. However, the worst part of it all is the extreme and seemingly arbitrary inconsistency. Shift works the same ol' way in other Adobe applications. Shift even works the same ol' in Photoshop itself in many respects, not just in resizing layers as shown in this video. In rotating a layer, you'll find that the Shift key still does what it always has-it CONSTRAINS-in this case to fixed angles (15°,30°,45°, etc). Adobe needs to humble themselves, admit the bad decision, and change it back.
This is one of the biggest bone head changes Adobe has made on a long line of bone head changes! Give us a legacy to go back to the original hold down shift key. I mean, after 20+ years they decide to change it, in photoshop only, good lord, wtf!
That was a bad decision Dave. I understand what Adobe was trying to do here but I honestly doubt that any Photoshop users were asking for this feature.
Thanks but where's "the truth" about the shift key. We're all aware the shift/non-shift constrain to resize has been swapped. I was hoping for some explanation from Adobe. This is the only application they arbitrarily chose to swap the default constraint key, and without the option to revert. It blows.
Luckily with 20.0.5, they got some of their crap together (not all of it cause that would mean removing this new reversed thing entirely) and you can now "Use Legacy Free Transform," the checkbox being located in the General section of Preferences.
It was not an extra step, it was just holding a modifier key to perform the same function across ALL Adobe products. NOW, besides having to retrain decades of muscle memory, you not only have to stop and think about what Adobe product you are using, but what KIND of layer you are transforming. Absolutely idiotic move by Adobe.
This new update is a total shit show. I don't say that very often (probably never) about PhotoShop and I've been using it literally since 1990 when it came out! Professionally since 1996. The bugs I've encountered 3 days into allowing the update have stopped me in my tracks and ruined my productivity. I am about to revert back a version until they get their act together - which obviously won't include "fixing" things that used to be fine that they broke for this version - in order to call them "new features."
What pisses me of is that they changed that only on photoshop, illustrator still uses the old transform function. So they decided to unite the cmd+z, but to segregate the transform function... WTF adobe?
Found a solution on the adobe forums, that worked for me!
1. Use Notepad (Windows) or a text editor on Mac OS to create a plain text file (.txt).
2. Type the text below in the text file:
TransformProportionalScale 0
3. 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/
What was Adobe's reasoning behind changing SUCH a fundamental key command? This system has been working fine for the last 25 years - why change it now? It creates confusion, it's like swapping from a Mac keyboard to a PC keyboard and your fingers get all twisted up.
It seems like Adobe is thinking about how to simplify things for new users - but of course it makes it challenging for current users.
I told my buddy it was programmed by new users obviously millennials LOL! I feel like throwing my mouse across the room when I can't scale properly anymore haha!
It just doesn't make sense, it's not even consistent WITHIN photoshop - it all depends on what type of layer you're adjusting. And as others have said - all the other main graphics packages (that I use anyway, Ind, Ai), have remained as they are. What is SO confusing for new users to understand?
These key commands have been the bedrock for Mac users for decades - been fine for the rest of us millions of users to get our heads around, I'm sure the newbies would be fine too. Thanks for taking the time to do the video Dave, appreciate it - but Adobe really shouldn't have been looking at changing something like this, just fiddling for its own sake. No doubt there are plenty of other things they could have done for an upgrade.
@@neillowen9479 EXACTLY! At first I was like, Umm I get the idea, you keep proportions of objects and if you want to distort you "shift" to distort mode. But then I found out that when moving layers around the shift key behaviour is exactly the same as before. Nope, I said. And went back.
Not ONLY did they change this, but they had to mix it up and reverse the way the tool works for pixel vs. vector so as to ENSURE confusion.
I try to be open to change, but you are absolutely correct!! It has worked since forever, and now... what a total MESS!!!
What brain dead dildo thought this up?
Thanks for this. It is arguable which key assignments are optimal. What I find unforgivable is how hard it is to get the correct info on how to use it, especially the skewing of the object. And I keep trying to click/unclick the links between h and w and x and y thinking it will allow skewing and can never get it to work now.
The Shift key no longer works for the marquee tool in PS CC 2020. It used to be the case that you could hold down the Shift key when using the marquee tool to make a perfect circle or square. The marquee tool has become somewhat redundant ever since the shape tool was introduced. That should have been covered in your video here, as I felt it was a pretty important point.
Hey Dave, thanks for making the effort to figure all of this out. And it's great to see other people's comments on the complete and utter head f*ck that is inconsistency between other apps like Illustrator.
I do understand there may be some logic behind Adobe's thinking to change this (in Photoshop) but the simple fact of human interaction and our work flow as designers is that speed, simplicity and consistency will always win over nitpicking over some fine tuned logic, Is it text? Is a pixel? Is it a logo? Who gives a f*&k!!! I just want to be able to work efficiently and keep my brain power for creative stuff!!!! Let's hope the fix mentioned in one of the comments works.
Wow. Thank you so much for posting this, Dave!. Why Adobe would change such a universal key function, and only sometimes at that, is beyond me. Don't fix what isn't broken.
I can confirm that doing the PSUserConfig.txt file and dropping it into your preferences appears to work. The only minor issue I had was not being able to save as .txt directly from a new text edit file. I had to open an existing .txt file, edit that then use it. Which appears to have worked. THANK GOD!
Difference between shape and shape layer as pixel is that firtst one is vector base and other one is pixel, pixel based are set lock proportion by default and requires no shift key to hold but vector based layers required shift to hold SAME as in Illustrator, all vector shapes moving by default without holding shift key is consider as edit, again SAME as in Illustrator.
Do you know if there's an option in the preferences to revert to 2018 functionality? I looked, but I can't find anything. If there isn't, I'm going back to 2018 and simply wait until Adobe realise this needs looking at further.
At the moment there is no PS setting to revert to the previous Shift key use. There is a method that some people have tried, described here: forums.adobe.com/thread/2548063
With 20.0.5, you can now go to Photoshop, Preferences, General (command+K). The fifth checkbox under options should be "Use Legacy Free Transform.
You'd think Adobe would have had the foresight to mention this when they updated PS 2019. Thanks Dave.
New with 20.0.5! You can now go back to the old usage of the shift key by going to Photoshop, Preferences, General (command+K), and the fifth checkbox under options should be "Use Legacy Free Transform." Still think it would be better to just have the old usage be normal instead of this reversed crap, but whatever, we actually have a choice now.
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Thanks Dave! I was not aware of this change and have been frustrated because I'm so used to the old way and often forget it changed. Is there a way to change it back?
There wasn't an easy way before, but now with 20.0.5 you can select "Use Legacy Free Transform" in the General section of Preferences.
Very useful, Dave. Thanks for uploading.
I literally watched this video and said ok cool, frustrated the sh!t out of me to make me Google if I was crazy lol. I went back to my project and HELD DOWN THE DAMN SHIFT KEY AGAIN!!!! DAMN YOU ADOBE! 😂😂😂😂😂
Hi Dave. Can you give a tutorial on how to configure the Wacom tablet correctly? I'm having problems programming the buttons on the pen for multiple undos as I had it on CC 2018. Multiple undos on Photoshop CC 2019 is a bit different. I don't know if its a bug or something since I don't see the keyboard strokes shown when I program the pen.
they changed multiple undos to crtl+z instead of ctrl+alt+z. You might want to change the keybinds in your wacom preferences and settings application.
Thanks for clarifying, Dave! Is there a way to revert back to the old/classic way of transforming?
Not that I am aware of.
Darn. Thanks for the reply!
Here is a link on how to do it - I did it and worked fine!
forums.adobe.com/thread/2548063
Thanks Dave for the nice video.
@@DigitalLadySyd I second this; works perfect. Sad that such a workaround is needed to fix such a stupid change. It should be an optical change in the preferences.
@@DigitalLadySyd Thank you. You saved my day. I was about to hire a civil engineer ;)
That the default functionality has been changed after all these years is bad enough. However, the worst part of it all is the extreme and seemingly arbitrary inconsistency. Shift works the same ol' way in other Adobe applications. Shift even works the same ol' in Photoshop itself in many respects, not just in resizing layers as shown in this video. In rotating a layer, you'll find that the Shift key still does what it always has-it CONSTRAINS-in this case to fixed angles (15°,30°,45°, etc). Adobe needs to humble themselves, admit the bad decision, and change it back.
so, how to I proportionally scale an image to have it snap to guidelines? You need to hold down the shift key to snap to guidelines.
Usually Snap is turned on be default (under the View menu) but if it isn't you'd have to temporarily turn it on
Thank you! this video was helpful!!!
Thank you! This helped a lot!
This is one of the biggest bone head changes Adobe has made on a long line of bone head changes! Give us a legacy to go back to the original hold down shift key. I mean, after 20+ years they decide to change it, in photoshop only, good lord, wtf!
That was a bad decision Dave. I understand what Adobe was trying to do here but I honestly doubt that any Photoshop users were asking for this feature.
I have to agree... WTF, Adobe?
Thanks but where's "the truth" about the shift key. We're all aware the shift/non-shift constrain to resize has been swapped. I was hoping for some explanation from Adobe. This is the only application they arbitrarily chose to swap the default constraint key, and without the option to revert. It blows.
Luckily with 20.0.5, they got some of their crap together (not all of it cause that would mean removing this new reversed thing entirely) and you can now "Use Legacy Free Transform," the checkbox being located in the General section of Preferences.
why on earth did they do this???
Because dumb
It was not an extra step, it was just holding a modifier key to perform the same function across ALL Adobe products. NOW, besides having to retrain decades of muscle memory, you not only have to stop and think about what Adobe product you are using, but what KIND of layer you are transforming. Absolutely idiotic move by Adobe.
Aaaarrrgggghh!
This new update is a total shit show. I don't say that very often (probably never) about PhotoShop and I've been using it literally since 1990 when it came out! Professionally since 1996.
The bugs I've encountered 3 days into allowing the update have stopped me in my tracks and ruined my productivity. I am about to revert back a version until they get their act together - which obviously won't include "fixing" things that used to be fine that they broke for this version - in order to call them "new features."
What a mess.
What an awful feature