Photoshop Elements :: Movable Elements Of Layer - Option Free Transform
Aug 28, 2012
Description of the task: I want to create a tool which is able to visualize the positions of pieces on a game board. At the moment I'm using Photoshop Elements 7. I think the following procedure would be appropriate:
2 layers, the basic layer would show the game board and the images of the pieces would be on the second layer. If I try to do that with Photoshop Elements 7 then each time when I insert an image of a piece a new layer is created. I don't need a layer per figure. Yes, one could reduce a layer afterwards. But it's not so comfortable this way.
In addition the images of the pieces should be movable on the game board. There is the option "free transform" in Photoshop Elements 7 but only one element (one piece) is movable afterwards. All the inserted elements should be movable.
So my question: Is it feasible within Photoshop Elements 7? If not, which version of Photoshop Elements would be adequate or which software do I need?Â
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Dec 16, 2004
is it possible to rotate a text layer not by the free transform option? can we do it (for example) precisely 90º CW...?
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Dec 20, 2013
Is there any way to have more than one text placement inside of a single layer, but be able to maintain and move each of those separately from the others?  From what I have seen, each new Text item gets its own new layer.  If I want to document an image with seven points of reference, it's absolutely crazy that I have to maintain seven layers, each with an integer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7.  What would be much more maintainable is to create ONE layer and name it "MAP-NUMBERS" and then have seven integers placed into that one layer.  I would then want to be able to move - say - "2" around separately from "4".  Then making all of the numbers appear or disappear becomes as easy as hiding or showing one layer.
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Is there a way to do this with any version of Photoshop?
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Mar 19, 2008
I have used this program for years to edit photos before uploading them to my web-site. I have always used the "Free Transform" option to change photo sizing, until today.<br /><br />Today I went to edit a photo, and the "Free Transform" option (under the "edit" pull down menu) is GONE!<br /><br />The option is not grayed out (meaning that it is not usable). It is simply gone from the pull down down menu.<br /><br />I don't know if I accidentally changed an important setting, or if I'm doing something wrong, or if the software has a glitch.<br /><br />If anyone is knowledgeable or experienced with this matter,.net
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Apr 6, 2007
I use Photoshop CS1.
Often, when I right click and select "Free Transform" and start editing my transformation, Photoshop decides to duplicate the layer. This leaves a layer beneath the layer that I am working on and if I am trying to position the transformation over a layer below that, obviously this is impossible, as the layer is hidden.
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Oct 23, 2006
I like to reduce image size visually, do I have to dupe the layer to use free transform?
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Oct 26, 2004
I drag a layer on to a pic it goes to free transform and I cant flatten it or do anything even image undo greys out and wont work, I have to close the image to back, I think it must be something I have done but I cant seem to switch off free trasform.
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May 27, 2012
I am using Adobe Photoshop CS6, latest version as of 05/25/12.I have 19 layers, each has a 1200x1200px texture. These are of course overlapped, so setting them all to visible will only show the top layer.
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All layers are rasterized, and contain 1200x1200px:
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1) I select all 19 layers using shift+click, all are highlighted (in the layer pane).
2) I select a region using the selection tool, in this case a rectangular region that is 172px high and 35px wide.
3) I right click the selection, and then select: layer via copy. (Note, Layer via cut is disabled for some reason)
4) *problem* It creates 19 new layers with the full image from the selected layers and not the selection which is what I wanted to place in the new layers.
5) *problem* when I right click the selection and select "Free Transform", the transform box surrounds the entire canvas and not the selection.
6) *problem* when I skew, it skews the entire image and not just the selection.
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7) *problem* Previously, I have been able to select a layer from the layer pane, go to image menu, select adjustments, brightness/contrast, and adjust the brightness/contrast for just that layer. Now it wont let me.
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8) *related problem* If I have 3 layers (background, 1, and 2) on a 1200x1200 canvas, with the image in layer 1 being 150px, and the image in layer 2 being 150x, each rasterized, and then stack the images on 1 and 2 over eachother, then select both layers, then select a region inside the stacked images, then select free transform, the free transform selection embodies all pixels inside the canvas (not the entire canvas this time) and performs the transform on these pixels and not the original selection.
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If I do it making all the layers visible as well as selected, it behaves the same.What appears to be happening is Photoshop is ignoring the selection and for some reason is using a pixel region (or if pixels cover the entire canvas, the whole image) when performing actions intended for the selection.
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What's strange is when I made these textures, I started out with 19 150x150 pictures, I set the canvas size to 1200x1200, selected all the layers in the layer pane, selected the 150x150 image in the middle, and was able to move all 19 textures to the top right corner, able to switch to transform on all 19 pictures, able to rotate 180 degrees all 19 pictures, was able to flip horizontal all 19 pictures, then able to copy all 19 pictures to new layers, move the 19 pictures all at the same time to the right 150 pixels, rinse and repeat, to eventually come out with 19 1200x1200 textures tiled from the 150px pictures. In other words, I did exactly what I am attempting to do with the 1200x1200 pictures with the 150x150 pixtures and it worked like a champ.
The end goal of course is to take a selection of all 19 of the 1200x1200 pictures, transform, then skew that image to make a collage of images applied to an added background. Performing this on all 19 textures and getting the same exact skew, etc would take days considering I need to do about 15 of different portions of the tile.
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Jun 13, 2013
I just started using elements today and I am trying to learn things. On the picture I am working on when I go to adda layer or even a mask it is not allowing me to click on it.
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Mar 1, 2013
I am having an issue when trying to use the Free Transform function in Photoshop CS5.1. After pressing command+T, the bounding box appears, but when I attempt to resize, the program becomes unresponsive. After a minute or two I can cancel the Free Transform and the program become responsive once again. Seems to be more of an issue when trying to transform more than one layer at once.
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I am on a 1 year old MacBook Pro with 16GB, I have 10 GB of free space. I am on OS X 10.7.5 (recently installed this upgrade and this may be part of the issue.)
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I am in 64-bit mode. My memory usage set at 70%. The cache tile size is set to 1024K . I have reset my settings, ran all available updates.
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My card specs are:
Video Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Video Card Renderer: ATI Radeon HD 6750M OpenGL Engine
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After visiting the AMD site, found that they do not have an update for 10.7.5 and do not have the HD6750 listed for Mac.
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Edit: Also, cannot move the image once I press command+T. (Or at least it make the program unresponsive for a while)
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Update: Uninstalled entire design suite and re-installed. Still having the same issue.
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Apr 24, 2006
I try to free transform an image whether it be rotating, enlarging, scewing or whatever, after I deselect, photoshop or imageready will automatically try and blur the image around so it seems smoother.
This is fine most of the time, but it produces some transparent pixels, and gifs have problems with these. Is there a way to stop PS and IR from doing this on a free transform so it just leaves the image as it is before deselecting?
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Jun 28, 2007
i'm trying to stretch some text (but only the top right corner and the top left corner)
some of my transform functions are greyed out (this might have something to do with the problem?)
I can only seem to make the overall text larger/smaller/rotete ect....
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Aug 11, 2012
Is there any way to use Ctrl + Alt + Z in Free Transform?
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Jul 4, 2009
I have a PShop CS3 file in which one of the folders does not allow the "Free Transform"tool to work. I can move w/the move tool, but Edit/Free Transform is grayed out when that folder is selected. Edit/Free Transform will work for all the subfolders inside of it.Other folders in the same file work fine.Â
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Apr 15, 2008
I'm working with an exported jpeg from SketchUp and no matter what layer I'm on, nor what mode I'm in, or what tool I choose...Free Transform and Transform seem to be forever greyed out.
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Dec 20, 2008
I select a free transform object, the brackets form and I resize and click enter but the brackets do not go away.
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May 11, 2006
I have 2 problems: 1, the crop tool doesn't work, I get something that looks like a midget Free Transform. 2, I can't turn off the Free Transform Tool. In other words, I want to use the Lasso Tool or Rectangular Marquis (is that how you spell it?) with the Free Transform option, which interferes with movement of the selection. I've tried purging the system, shutting off the computer, everything. The crop is dead and the Free Transform is a vampire.
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Sep 19, 2012
Where can I find feather option and smooth/refine edges option in Adobe Element 7.
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Sep 26, 2013
Recently Photoshop CS6 crashes when I attempt to use the Free Transform Tool through the shortcut (Ctrl+T).
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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.
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Sep 4, 2013
I select a bunch of mixed layers like shapes, smart objects and text by dragging my selection marquee around them. I am able to move everything around the art-board but when I Ctrl+T and resize the selected objects, ONLY the shapes are transformed. Everything else remains untouched.
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There are too many bugs with CC...this program is quickly becoming unusable.
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This problem only seem to happen when I have the Text tool selected and I hold Ctrl and drag to select (it turns into the black arrow). HOWEVER if I press 'V' to select the move tool and drag that and then use Ctrl+T it works as it should. So the problem lies when the user has the Type Tool selected and uses Ctrl+drag to select objects.
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Feb 7, 2013
First off I'm using Photoshop CS6 on a 2010 iMac.
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I open a blank file and type "ABC" in any font at at size (but for sake of ease lets say 72 pts in Myriad Pro). I then do a free transform (while holding shift to keep the size correctly scaled) and either enlarg or shrink the text. At that point if I try and change the text point size through the Character panel back to 72 points it sizes to the original size I set the free transform too, or lets say I try to increse the size to 100 pts, it gives me some random size that is not 100 pts. So regarless if I enter the size to 72 points, hit enter, the text will no longer be 72 points.
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I run into this issue often because I like to eyeball my text sizes when I'm doing a project and Free Transform is perfect for this. But if I have several text blocks of the same size and I change the size of one and need to match the others to the new size, this issue make matching them very difficult and frustrating.
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I know I can fix it by clicking "Character Reset" via the Character panel and then choose my desired font size but that takes time and I don't understand why photoshop wouldn't just give me the font size I choose regarless of free transform or not. Is there a way around this? Is this some setting of Photoshop that I can simply bypas, or is it a glitch with the new CS6 (I do not remember having this issue with CS5)?
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Aug 26, 2011
When "show transform controls" is checked and I have a layer selected, a white border shows at the edges of the layer with small boxes at the corners and midpoints. Hovering above one of these boxes changes the cursor into the "scale arrow." Traditionally, clicking the border with that arrow and holding down the mouse button allows you to scale down the layer by dragging the mouse.
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In Photoshop CS5 (and perhaps other new versions), clicking the border and holding the mouse button has no effect. Dragging the mouse reverts the pointer into the "selection arrow" and drags the image across the screen instead of resizing it. This is because when you click on the border, it suddenly expands into a larger area. Only by clicking once and then letting go can you move your mouse cursor to the newly defined edge and then scale down the image. This is incredibly frustrating and adds a second, unneeded step in the process. Because I instinctively try to grab hold of the border as is, I usually wind up dragging the image by mistake.
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Mar 12, 2012
is there a way to change the lock button (maintain aspect ratio... looks like a paper clip) when using the free transform tool. the default setting is NOT proportional (ie the height and width change together in proportion) .. I would like the button to always be in the proportional lock (maintain aspect ratio) since most of my transformations are proportional.... is there a way to make this change???
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Jan 15, 2013
What is the Free Transform and Crop Crosshair used for?Whenever I transform an image or crop an image it shows up in the center of the image. Is this used as a reference to the center of your image or can you do more with it?
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Jul 3, 2009
I have used the free transform and/or transform scale many times, and have never had it leave a line. I must have changed something , but can't figure it out. Have played around with the refine edges, and can't seem to make it go away. I am using CS3, and make my selection, then go to stretch it. When I deselect, there is a thin line on the bottom of where the selection was. Why is this happening?
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Apr 6, 2008
Is there a way to set and have Photoshop remember the settings for the free transform, especially the width and height fields.
I always want the scale to be in pixels, but the default seems to be percent.
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Jul 14, 2008
I would like to do an edit / free transform to resize a layer in my image. I want to do this WHILE LOOKING AT a round path that I have created.
No problem in photoshop 7 , just turn on the path, select the image layer that I want to resize, edit/free transform and I can shrink the image while looking at the circular path to see how the image fits within the path.
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Jun 17, 2009
A customer of mine runs PS CS4 and when they free transform proportionally (holding down Shift while resizing a corner of an image), the image does not snap to any cyan guide lines. If they just drag a side of the image, however, it snaps to the guide with no problem.
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Oct 17, 2012
When I try to scale down a Smart Object, by using the Free Transform tool, I get over-sharped edges. Mind you when I do the same on a raster layer I can overcome it since there is an option box where I can choose interpolation method.
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Mar 16, 2012
As you will see from my image, when I use Free Transform in Photoshop CS5 black lines appear around the outside of my image. I am using an image (of the people) with a black mask sitting on top of a main black background. They are the exact same colour black 000000
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Feb 18, 2009
I'm using Photoshop CS3 and I have a quick query regarding the difference in image quality between resizing an image using 'Image Size' compared to 'Free Transform'.
I'm laying out several individual photographs on to a page (with some precision) and therefore using the transform function to scale the image to the right size is certainly the quickest and easiest option.
However, I have always been keen to ensure maximum image quality and I don't know if this will degrade the image more than resizing the image using 'image size' before pasting it (obviously with a lot more effort involved).
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