Photoshop CC 2019: Free Transform Maintain Aspect Ratio broken [Aspect ratio remains fixed even when Maintain Aspect Ratio is unticked]

Go to Preferences > General...and check "Use Legacy Free Transform" for the old behavior.

If I am not mistaken this has been a conscious and prominently announced decision on the Photoshop team’s part. 

Quote from 
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new.html

Transform proportionally by default
Photoshop now transforms all layer types (such as pixel layers, type layers, shape layers, bitmaps, Placed Smart Objects) proportionally by default.
When transforming a layer, you no longer need to hold down the Shift key while dragging a corner handle to resize a selected layer to constrain its proportions. Anytime you drag a corner handle during transform and move it, the layer resizes proportionally. Holding down the Shift key now resizes non-proportionally when you drag a corner handle during transform.

To resize a layer proportionally during transform, do the following:

1. Select the layer(s) you want to resize in the Layers panel.

1. Press Command + T (Mac) / Control + T (Win). Alternatively, choose Edit > Free Transform.

1. Drag a corner handle on the bounding box to resize the layer.

1. Commit the changes.

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


For related helpful information, see the following links: 

• Transform objects

• Free transformations of images, shapes, and paths

the bug here is for the constrain button in the tool options bar.  It's being ignored when unchecked in the new default constrained mode.  good bug.  

Is there an option to roll back to the old behaviour?

Sorry for the frustration. Since people have come to expect that grabbing the corner of a window will transform it to scale, this is now the default. The attempt was to make it more intuitive. So now, constrained transform is simply transform (Cmd or Ctrl T), sans shift. Now *free* transform is invoked with the shift key. You can still hold the option key to center. 

If you would like to change it back, here are instructions.

Thanks,
Hannah

Text committing modifications is also screwed up, full of bugs. Please just make un update that keeps the basic functions of this program the same because I earn a living with it.  

Bug. Maintain Aspect Ratio constrain link on the toolbar does not work. Adobe Photoshop Version: 20.0.0 20180920.r.24 2018

When you un-check the Maintain Aspect Ratio constrain link on the toolbar and then use transform it still maintains aspect ratio. . . un-checking the link should disable aspect ratio shouldn't it? 

The shift key + transform disables aspect ratio but doesn't correspond with the constrain link on the tool bar. 

Adobe Photoshop Version: 20.0.0 20180920.r.24 2018/09/20: 1193433  x64
Number of Launches: 1225
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
Version: 10 or greater 10.0.17134.1
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:14, Stepping:3 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, HyperThreading
Physical processor count: 4
Logical processor count: 8
Processor speed: 3 MHz
Built-in memory: 32627 MB
Free memory: 19421 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 29878 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 65 %
Alias Layers: Disabled.
Modifier Palette: Enabled.
Highbeam: Enabled.
Image tile size: 1024K
Image cache levels: 4
Font Preview: Huge
TextComposer: Latin
Display: 1
Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=1200, right=1920
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.

I'm also having this problem with the newest version (v 20.0). In addition, I've had to quit and restart Photoshop numerous times because tools completely stop working. I can click on the tool or use keyboard short cuts... but can't actually use the tool. This is the first time I've had issues since I started subscribing to CC. I can't believe how buggy this update is. Note: I'm running MacOS Mojave.

Please make apps in the suite work more uniformly, not differently - especially with shift to constrain proportions. And don’t spend ANY time fixing this that ain’t broken. This is screened up sorry.

Folks:

Thanks for your feedback. We feel your frustration and we're working to try to fix everything we can, as quickly as we can.

We ARE aware of the issue with the Maintain Aspect Ratio button. It IS a bug, we've been aware of it for some time, and unfortunately it's much harder to fix than you might think. Rest assured, we're going to fix it as soon as we can.

In the meantime, please hang in there. Depending on the layer type you're transforming, the Shift key WILL work to flip the default transform method (proportional vs. non-proportional). Turning off Proportional Transform via the gestalt control -- see Hannah's post above -- is another way to go if you get too frustrated.

-Eric Floch

I wish they would revert this change. I liked the way it worked before.
However, if they won't, at least make the "lock" button work properly.
Example:
If the lock button is ON dragging will scale the image proportionally. Shift + drag will free-scale.
If the lock button is OFF the behavior is reversed. Dragging will free-scale. Shift + drag will scale proportionally.
This way you would keep old and new users happy.

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled 'Maintain aspect ratio' button doesn't work when resizing objects after update..

Select an object, and drag the side node to stretch sideways and realised Photoshop now has the 'maintain aspect ratio' on as default, unticked the link icon but it does not disable, the only way is to hold Shift when resizing which is the opposite of the old way.

Can someone tell me if the Constrain Button on the toolbar in PS cc 20.0.1 is fixed with the update?
I won't be installing the new version until all the bugs have been fixed.

Cheers!

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled The free resizing button not work.

BUG PHOTOSHOP CC2019 v.20.0.1
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Lo strumento di ridimensionamento libero non funziona
(il ridimensionamento mantiene sempre le proporzioni)
È necessario premere il tasto maiuscole

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Now, Photoshop scales proportional by default.. yay. But Adobe still forgot the l....

Yes, people tend to scale proportional than warping the image. I'm glad Adobe finally got that - at least some of it. Even if you want to scale just one side you actively choose to scale this side by grabbing it! Duh'...

Same goes for the numeric scale option in the top bar. Adobe, it's the same thing! Activate the proportional link icon by default! What's wrong with you??? It's one click more every single effin time!


By the way, the unit in this input should always represent the one chosen in the ruler or info palette. You can still change it of course but the default should orientate itself on the global option!