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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: Ellis Vener on March 15, 2013, 02:30:40 pm

Title: Transform controls grayed out in Photoshop CS 6
Post by: Ellis Vener on March 15, 2013, 02:30:40 pm

I am working with single layer 8 bit per channel TIFFs in PsCS56 but all of the transform controls are grayed out. This doesn't seem right. If I make a duplicate layer then they are activated. Clearly I am not understanding something

Title: Re: Transform controls grayed out in Photoshop CS 6
Post by: hugowolf on March 15, 2013, 02:36:08 pm

You need something selected to transform. If you want to transform the whole thing, the Ctrl+A (command A on Mac), or use one of the selection tools to select and area.

Brian A

Title: Re: Transform controls grayed out in Photoshop CS 6
Post by: sniper on March 15, 2013, 03:02:55 pm

You can also unlock the background layer by double clicking on it on the layers palette, transform should then work.

Title: Re: Transform controls grayed out in Photoshop CS 6
Post by: Ellis Vener on March 15, 2013, 03:33:11 pm

Thank you both.

Title: Re: Transform controls grayed out in Photoshop CS 6
Post by: stamper on March 16, 2013, 05:48:28 am

Would it not be better to make the layer a smart object and then do your transforms? It is then non destructive.