Photoshop CS – Free transform weirdness?

TW
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Tom_Walace
Dec 3, 2003
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Ok, what am I doing wrong? I have some paths "visible" and am trying to align/tweak/rotate an image of the same shape with the paths by using the Free Transform function. In Photoshop 6, this worked perfectly.

But….When I try to do this with Photoshop CS (having the paths visible, but unselected)the only thing available is "Free Transform Paths"…Not "Free Transform". For some reason, with the paths visible, CS thinks I want to transform the paths. In PS 6, the paths had to be visible AND SELECTED for the paths to be affected. I checked, and I have the "move tool" as the selected tool, not the "Paths tool"….so I know that isn’t my problem.

To recap: I want to have my paths visible, and align a similarly shaped image to the shape of the path. I hope I’m making sense here…thanks for your help.
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dhowe
Dec 3, 2003
Tom, see Jeff Anduza "CS Tranformations Path and Raster" 12/2/03 5:42pm </cgi-bin/webx?50>.
JA
Jeff_Anduza
Dec 3, 2003
Tom,

I am having the same problem you are. I need to have the option to have the paths visible during a transformation as well. In addition I need the Free Transform box to match the vector mask and have the transform the raster data with it. Photoshop CS "forcing" a path transformation causing me a lot a difficulty. The link icon should mean the same thing wether you are transforming the vector mask or the raster data.

I am having tough time explaining it, but you are right it worked perfect in 7.0
TW
Tom_Walace
Dec 4, 2003
Jeff – I figured out my portion of the problem. Checkmark the "Show bounding box" checkbox located under the title bar at the top of the screen.

This puts a bounding box around the object/layers you have selected/linked and then lets you "free transform" as normal….let me know if this helps.
JA
Jeff_Anduza
Dec 4, 2003
Tom,

Thanks, I discovered it myself after a few hours, and posted it in my discussion. Sometimes features move around in Photoshop and don’t leave a fowarding address.

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