So many people ask the question, "How do I disable the automatic pixel aspect correction" in photoshop only to get repsonses that include the manual step at turning off the correction for the current photo you're working on. Further details are also given from time to time on how this "shouldn't be a problem" or "it's only because you took a video screen grab", or even better, a debate over how it occaisionally helps. Here's the thing, it doesn't help as often as it creates an annoying step in having to go and turn it off when you open pictures that CS5 determines "need fixing" when in fact, the image becomes distorted by this automated fix, especially when this happens so much more now with cell phone pics, and as you turn off the "Auto correct" the image is no longer distorted. It is indeed RARE that this feature does anything good, and way more often that it shows a preview that is way out of whack. Why would Adobe decide that they can't compile Photoshop with this being something you can disable and only turn on for the photos you want as you open them instead of making you turn them off for when you don't (which is the more often case)? Why has this question circulated since at least CS2 on Adobe forums, and yet never been addressed any further than half hearted attempts at describing "recorded macros/steps/automations" that don't work? If I can set a default scratch disk, surely I should be able to set my default action upon opening a photo to NOT auto-correct anything? If the guys who put Photoshop together don't agree and think "We must autocorrect everything these fools are opening", perhaps we can be allowed enough rope to hang our selves with square pixels anyway and learn our lesson the hard way? Please?
Hi Darrell,
You've posted in the AIR forums and I think you meant this for Photoshop. Would you mind reposting over there?
Thanks,
Chris