CC 2014 problem with transform/rotate in actions - possible bug?

[Redcrown]

One of my old actions went nuts in CC 2014. After hours of testing I think it's a new bug. Requesting someone with CC 2014 to test and verify.

Problem: Transform rotations that work OK when done "live" produce wierd results when recorded and played in actions.

Example: Write and play an action that simply dupes the background, then rotates it 90 degrees via Transform. For me, it looks OK when recording the action. But on playback, the duped/rotated layer is grossly skewed. Looks stretched in one axis and shrunk in the other axis.

Similar wierdness when the rotate is something other than 90 degrees. Same when rotating a selection.

Same actions run OK on plain old Photoshop CC and CS6. Transform/Rotate actions recorded in old versions of Photoshop also fail in Photoshop CC 2014. Expanding the actions I see no difference in what's recorded.

Assuming verification, I'm also desperate for a work around.

[digitaldog]

Works fine on this end. The action makes a selection, rotates 90 degrees. Does what is expected. This was a new, virgin action I built for CC 2014 on Mac OS.
Built with and without copy dupe layer.

[Redcrown]

Andrew,

Thanks for testing for me.

The problem persists on my Windows 7 system. I've been through the usual suspects, including resetting Photoshop preferences but short of a complete re-install.

But I was wrong in my OP. Any transform/rotate action recorded in Photoshop CC/CS6 plays correctly in Photoshop CC 2014. Only actions recorded in Photoshop CC 2014 fail, and they fail in all versions of Photoshop. Apparently because Photoshop CC 2014 records the width and height variables incorrectly. Something I didn't notice until further testing.

Here's a screen shot of Photoshop CC 2014. The XXX on the left is during a live transform. Looks OK. Note the width and height values on the top. The XXX on the right is after running the action shown in the actions pallet. Note the width and height values recorded in the action.

Still would appreciate a Windows user testing this to see if it's a problem just on Windows (since Andrew says it's OK on MAC), or if my system is hosed up. But it's not critical since I've found a good work around.


http://kellyphoto.smugmug.com/photos/i-DJhThhN/0/O/i-DJhThhN.jpg

[digitaldog]

Pretty sure actions are cross platform so it might be useful to save (.atn) yours out for others to load and try.

[darlingm]

Worked fine for me on Windows 7 64-bit and Photoshop CC 2014.  As Andrew said, perhaps upload the ATN action.  Perhaps even upload the TIFF/PSB file that you can start with to replicate the issue on your end.

[Redcrown]

Sorry folks, that I didn't report back on this.

Problem solved, actually true bug found. The error in recording a Transform in an action depends on the Preferences setting for Rulers. If the Rulers are set to "Percent" then the Transform will record with bogus width and height values. Any other setting for Rulers (Pixels, Inches, Picas, etc) will allow the Transform to record properly.

I was able to test on two other Win7 machines belonging to friends. The problem was repeated on both. Don't have local access to a MAC.

The problem is only in Photoshop CC 2014. Can't reproduce it in any prior version on either machine. I welcome others testing, but I've reproduced it on 3 Win7 machines now.

[darlingm]

2014.0.0 Release (v20140508.r.58 x64) on Windows, set rulers to percent, and recorded a new action with transform, with no bug, on Windows 7.

Never upgraded to a more recent version because I wound up sticking with CC (non 2014) for a few reasons.  Perhaps if I updated I'd run into this.