Free Transform rotate using keyboard possible?
Does anyone know if it's possible to make fine adjustments to rotate an image using a keyboard when in Free Transform mode?
Eg, I can use the left and right keys to nudge left and right but it's awkward trying to use a trackpad to make fine adjustments when rotating in image.
THANKS
With Free Transform active, highlight the Angle field in the Option Bar, and us the up an down arrow keys to change it. Holding Shift while doing so increases the amount of each nudge.
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Free Transform Rotation Issue - Layer rotates/moves by itself after clicking on it?
Hey all. Since the last update, I have been experiencing this weird issue while using Free Transform. Sometimes, after I invoke Free Transform and then click on the layer I am transforming, it seems to rotate by itself. Usually clockwise. It happens really quickly. It's almost like my mouse cursor is off center when I click on the layer and the it's like the layer rotates to match the location of my cursor. It's so weird and quite difficult to describe. I have also experienced the layer moving quickly to the right after clicking on it while in the Free Transform state. I have tried 2 different mice and experienced the issue on both of them. I have also tried different mousing surfaces and experienced the same thing. It doesn't happen every time but just sometimes. It started doing it since the latest update. It's really annoying. Just wondering if anyone else has this issue.
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This problem is driving me nuts. I'm importing a 2000 x 3000
jpeg image and converting it to a symbol. everything seems fine
until I try to do a free transform and rotate the image. Then when
I proceed to cut the image, CS3 crashes. I can reproduce the error
every time. It works fine if the image is smaller but 2000 x 3000
is not too much to ask at all!
Has anyone else had similar problems?
I can reproduce this error on a Mac and a PC.
UPDATE: Breaking the bitmap apart after importing the image
seems to remedy the problem. Is this the only fix? Doesn't seem
right to me that I can't just easily drop in an semi-large asset
without having to break it apart.
UPDATE 2: Tried doing this with a larger asset and this did
not work at all. It crashes, I feel like Flash has a hard time with
large assets but I need the assets large so when I zoom in, I do
not lose quality. What am I doing wrong here? How do you guys
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Hello.
Im really frustrated with how the free transform tool works for me (or in that case, it doesnt work)
I am using Illustrator CS4 on a PC.
Adobe Help for that software states:
Select one or more objects.
Select the Free Transform tool .
Start dragging a corner handle on the bounding box (not a side handle), and then do one of the following:Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) until the selection is at the desired level of distortion
First of all Im unable to select anything with the free transform tool, so I use the regular selection tool first to select my object.
As you can see after selecting the object I have selected the free transformation tool, grabbed the corner and pressed Control Key on my keyboard (tried both keys as well). The transformation tool refuses to work as it does in Photoshop.
I have tried to reset my keybindings to Illustrator default.
I have tried first clicking the corner, holding it and then pressing down the CTRL without moving the mouse as was stated on some other forums googled with this issue.
I have tried setting my keyboard to American US in Windows.
As you can see the object is a very simple rectangle, its not a part of any type of group.
Im working on a european version of CS4 Master Collection bought in London UK.
I have tried this on a US version that I have at work, it has the same issue.
I have seen and followed the instruction from various YouTUbe movies and the tool simply wont comply to my commands.
I am pissed.
Halp pleez?function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
Placed raster images will not distort with the Free Transform Tool.
Linked (as opposed to embedded) raster images will not distort.
If you enclose an embedded raster image in an Envelope (ex: Make With Mesh, 1 Row 1 Cell), then it can be distorted by the Free Transform Tool using the modifier keys, without having to dink around with the Envelope handles.
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Hi Forum!,
Im new to scripting. Thanks to forum for sharing the knowledge to entire world..
I have a small request to do with the scripting.
I have grouped all the pageItems.... as G.
and then selected the Group (G),
i have choosen the free transform tool using the command;
app.menuActions.itemByID(45569).invoke(); //to choose free transform tool.
all that i need to do is.. to enlarge the height of group (G) proportionally between top margin and bottom margin.
(which we do it manually by selecting the grouped item holding Shift+Alt key, and dragging untill we reach the desire size).
g = app.activeDocument.allPageItems;
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app.menuActions.itemByID(45569).invoke();
//then i need to increase the height of the group g between top margin and bottom margin.
Can anybody help on this free transformation of the selected group.
please..
Dhinak...try sthg like:
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var pm= gr.parentPage.marginPreferences;
with(pm)
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Controlling Resampling During Free Transform
When I grab pictures from the internet to modify them or use em for inspiration, I often need to resize them. Using Image>Image Size tool works if I have the image I am resizing in a seperate window.
Then I can select Resample Image: Bicubic Sharper. However using the free transform tool to scale down an image gives me no such option, causing the image to degrade in quality during free transform.
Is there anyway to set the Resampling for free transform?the Free Transform command uses the default resampling method set in the general section of the preferences
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Hi. After loading a picture into Photoshop some of the menu tools are greyed out and I cannot use the keyboard short cuts, for instance I cannot use Ctrl + T for free transform, how do I resolve this problem. In addition the tool Icons are so small I have to get close to the screen to see them, is there anyway the Icons can be made bigger without reducing the resolution of the screen.
Thanks
DerekAre you working on a background layer? If so, Ctrl + T will not work. Press Alt and double-click your background layer to convert to a normal layer (or right-click BG layer and select Layer from Background) and try again.
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Why the Text disappears when I rotate it using Free Transform Tool?
Hi,
My Text is visible before rotating it to verticle position using Free Transform Tool. But when once it is rotated to verticle position the text disappears from the Stage. And it is not an animated Text as well? What is the problem?
Thanks.If the textfield is manually placed on the stage, you should be able to select the textfield and click the button for Embedding that is in the Properties panel.
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Freezing when using free transform and more
I'm on a 12 core Westmere PM w/20g RAM running 10.6.8. with a standard Mac scrollwheel mouse. I have a Wacom tablet attached but it hasn't been used in weeks.
In the past week, I have encountered two mouse related freezing episodes that I cannot duplicate on purpose.
The symptoms are things like Transform handles that won't respond to mouseclick/dragging but responding to numerical entry. Or Liquify opening but unresponsive to any input whatsoever other than the ability to close the panel from a mouseclick. Or converting a layer to a Smart Object….applying a filter, and finding that the filter won't respond to mouse input. It's like arbitrary mouse input freezing or something.
I called this a "half crash" because the program still remains somewhat operable (files can be closed, saved or opened, numerical entry is possible in some instances or mouse clicking works on higher level meaning or window opening/closing) but in general, a great deal of functionality is disabled. Only a relaunch of Photoshop solves the problem. I've never seen anything like this in Photoshop before. The only other thing open at the time was CS6 Illustrator.
I am writing about this because I have no idea what sets this off and was wondering if anyone else has bumped into it. If you have, you might want to mention it here, as these intermittent glitches are a pain to track down without a number of users providing clues. Normally I wouldn't post something like this….but since it is a v.1 version of CS6….I thought it worth mentioning.I skipped CS5 and went from CS3 to CS6 - this is the standard Free Transform menu in CS6:
You're likely to get a quicker answer to your question if you post in the Photoshop users forum - http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop - where there are a number of people still using older versions.
Good luck,
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Can't warp pasted AI vector Smart Object using Free Transform in PS CS6
Hi
I pasted a vector object into PS CS6 (13.0.1 x32) today directly from Illustrator CS6 (16.0.1 x32), and selected "Paste as Smart Object" (Windows XP Pro SP3).
I then tried to warp the pasted object using the Free Transform tool by dragging one of the corner handles with CTRL held down (Windows).
This usually warps\distorts the object, but instead, this launched a skew operation.
If I paste as Shape Layer or as Pixels then apply Free Transform, <Ctrl + corner handle drag> performs a warp\distort operation.
Also, if I rasterise the pasted AI object, and then convert to a Smart Object I can warp\distort.
Is it not possible to paste an Illustrator vector in as a Smart Object, and then warp\distort it directly using this technique?
Thanks for your help.
RichardYour right in that on a pasted vector smart one can't warp, distort or perform perspective transforms.
One workaround would be to right click on the vector smart object layer in the layers panel and
choose convert to smart object.
It depends on what your object is, but you'd probably get better quality from a pasted shape or path, but then you won't be able to open the object
back in illustrator from photoshop. -
Free transform tool sticks on rotate (InD CS6)
Hi folks,
Using InDesign CS6 (OS X 10.8.4), noticed a weird bug--when using the Free Transform tool on an object, after applying any transformation, the cursor swtiches to the "rotate" icon and won't let me deselect the object. I have to switch to another tool to get out of it. This happens whether I'm using my Wacom tablet, a mouse, or the trackpad.
Anyone else having this issue? Suggestions?
Thanks!Thanks, tried that, I have the most recent driver.
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Free Transform tool rotates incorrectly?
Setup (Macintosh/Illustrator CS3): document one has several anchors of text, some left justified, some right, all one line. Below is a simple set of stroked lines (one path about 7 points) showing an outline of an angled box flap, stroked. Selected copy from the Edit menu.
Document two: pasted these items and selected the Free Transform Tool (E). Bounding box shows with its eight hollow square corners. With the cursor outside of the bounding box, it shows rotate cursor (arrows on each end of curve). Freely rotating this pasted group, the outlined box flap moves as expected, but anchored text rotates twice as fast, sometimes rotating the opposite direction!!?? It won't undo properly either; I have to delete and start from square 1 and pasting. Also, if I convert the text to outline, it does rotate properly; this gives me the impression it only has to do with anchored text.
Any ideas? Anyone else have this issue? Is there a way I can screen/video capture this if I need to show it?
--BrianMight look better in some kind of movie format, but here's some images of the problem (thank for the link info Mario):
http://flickcabin.com/public/viewset/716
Picture 1: Three elements I'm working with= left & right justified text and a 'cup' to help alignment after rotating.
Picture 2: Same elements with the transform tool selected (bounding box being shown).
Picture 3, 4, 5: Gradual rotation.
As for using the rotate tool, that will work, but for as often as I do this, the rotate tool uses a few more steps and slows me down considerably. I know there's other workarounds like using an action for the times the degree of rotation is known, but that doesn't take the glitch away. If the option is there, it should work, and I do prefer this for its speed especially when working with non-complex things as the pictures show.
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Is it possible to free-transform in specified steps?
I wonder if there's a possibility to free-transform objects - especially text - in specified steps.
For example resizing text snapping to full pt or px sizes to avoid odd text sizes like 12,35 px or sth.
Thought there might be a shortcut like shift for constrained proportions or shift for full steps on rulers.
Hope you can help, thanks in advance!If all the text in the text layer is the same size is the same size text all you need do is to edit the text layer with Photoshop Text tool and set the size you want. If the text in a text layer has different sizes the different text sizes can also be edited using Photoshop's Text tool. If there are mixed text sizes in a text late using the transform tool I would think would be harder. When you transform a text layer I believe Photoshop some how used the text tool under its covers. Here I created a new text layer 24 PT. I duped it and moved its location then free transformed it then opened the copied transformed layer in the text tool edit mode. Note the option bar shows a different point size then 24. You can also change the font something you can not do with the transform tool.
Additionally you can move the text and change its color, alignment paragraph format etc... -
I've been using Photoshop for years, but tonight I ran into an issue that I don't understand. I was working with a file that I had been working with for months. I added a new image and resized it to fit as I needed just as I always have (select layer with image > EDIT > TRANSFORM > SCALE.) All was working fine. I added a second image to the file I was working on (I added it by dragging it into the file from another window just as I had added the first image.) However, this time when I tried to select EDIT > TRANSFORM > SCALE this option was not available to me. Only the FREE TRANSFORM PATH or TRANSFORM PATH options were available. When I selected the SCALE in the TRANSFORM PATH menu (just to see what would happen) it started to scale a completely unrelated layer that DID have a path to it. However, the layer of my image was still selected and NOT the layer with the path. This image layer has no path even on it or around it in any way. I tried to select the folder layer and the same thing happened. It selected this one path and tried to scale it. I selected the layer I just previously scaled and tried to scale it again and it will only allow me to select the transform path option. I selected it to see again what would happen and once again it selected this completely unrelated path on a completely different layer. WHAT????? This makes absolutely no sense! I have tried restarting both my computer and PS and it won't stop happening! I really need to get this file finished and uploaded to my developer ASAP so I really hope that someone has some insight as to why this is happening.
hedger,
How do you expect anyone to help when we don't know a darned thing about the file, abut your setup, exact version of Photoshop and your OS, machine specs, etc.?
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Note that this is boilerplate text.
If you give complete and detailed information about your setup and the issue at hand,
such as your platform (Mac or Win),
exact versions of your OS, of Photoshop (not just "CS6", but something like CS6v.13.0.6) and of Bridge,
your settings in Photoshop > Preference > Performance
the type of file you were working on,
machine specs, such as total installed RAM, scratch file HDs, total available HD space, video card specs, including total VRAM installed,
what troubleshooting steps you have taken so far,
what error message(s) you receive,
if having issues opening raw files also the exact camera make and model that generated them,
if you're having printing issues, indicate the exact make and model of your printer, paper size, image dimensions in pixels (so many pixels wide by so many pixels high). if going through a RIP, specify that too.
etc.,
someone may be able to help you (not necessarily this poster, who is not a Windows user).
a screen shot of your settings or of the image could be very helpful too.
Please read this FAQ for advice on how to ask your questions correctly for quicker and better answers:
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Photoshop crashes when using Free Transform Tool
Hello All Forum Members,
Recently Photoshop CS6 crashes when I attempt to use the Free Transform Tool through the shortcut (Ctrl+T).
It also crashes very often when using any of the free transform/transform tools via the menu as well, though not as often as the previous listed situation.
This experience only occurred recently - for all the time I have been using CS6, this has never happened.
I have read another thread similar to this, though I don't think the cause of the problem is the same as this was only a recent experience.
Any help will be appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.
Jinky145Hi Curt Y,
Thank you for the quick reply!
By immediately, do you mean when the loading or when the actual interface has finished loading?
I have tried both, but neither seems to have worked.
Is there a menu or someplace else I can reset preferences?
Many thanks!!!
JInky145
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