Strange problem resizing pasted layers

[super_hunter]

I want to create a collage. I set a feather value, make a selection out of a 2nd image and paste it into another file. Pastes in fine, but when I try and grab the corner of the pasted layer and resize it to be smaller, for some reason (I have done this approach on 20 other occasions), it doesnt resize as a rectangle as it should. It starts to resize as an octagon type shape. The following link shows an example of a freshly pasted layer that I tried to resize. There must be some setting that got changed because I have done this across four different versions of paint shop

Any idears? Example below that shows the big layer getting "bent out of shape"

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i291/ ... Image4.jpg

[LeviFiction]

Yes, I think you're performing one of the other deformation modes available to the Pick tool.

See resizing is technically a deformation. The pick tool has multiple modes for deforming the selection: Scale, Shear. Perspective, and Free. You can see a drop down box on the tool options palette for these modes. Or you can hold a hotkey while dragging one of the nodes (Shift, Ctrl, or Shift + Ctrl) to switch the mode on the fly.

Scale - No hotkey - allows you to scale the image horizontally, vertically, or in proportionately.

Shear - Shift - Allows you to skew the selection creating a parallelogram type shape.

Perspective - Ctrl - Allows you to perform a perspective distortion to the selection. This will scale one edge.

Free Transform - Shift + Ctrl - allows you to drag any corner node independent of the others, the center nodes control the whole edge.

I think either through the drop down box or by holding the hot keys you are accidentally using one of the other deformation tools. In this case I would say either Shear or Free Transform.

[super_hunter]

Changed the mode to scale and it works perfectly. Thank you so much, had two hours into fumbling around on this!