PeteAxford

Thanks MEB, I've tried you suggestion but no luck. I've also tried updating another installation to Photo 1.7.1 and this machine has Nik Collection running as before, so I guess it most be some kind of conflict. Thanks for your help. Best, Pete

Hi, I'm trying to get Nik Collection running with a new installation of Affinity Photo 1.7.1. I have the same setting as on a machine running 1.6.7, but the newer version can't seem to correctly call up the Nik Plugins (they load, but only to a blank screen.) Screen grabs below. Apologies if this is a user query rather than a bug! Thanks, Pete Details: Nik Collection 1.2.11 installed into a separate Affinity Plugins folder. Setting all as previously working. Options visible in the menu.

Hello Gentlemen, Thank you both some much for your input and help on this matter. @carl123 I've plugged in your maths and it's doing the job for me wonderfully. I've combined your 'x' section John's 'y' to create both the more extreme compression in the edges and the gentle curvature of the label. @John Rostron Your response did make me chuckle - I love your turns of phrase and they cheered up my morning no end! I'm not whizz on the fine art of geometry (can I call it an art?!), but I think I follow your point about appropriate marginal compression. I will of course be following this thread, so if you want to keep on experimenting then I will be keen to see where you arrive at. Many thanks again; I wish you both a great day, All the best, Pete

Hi John, Thanks for such a prompt reply - I've been having a little play with the canvas sizes to see what effect it has, but can't get the extreme perspective shift I'm after. The effect I'm trying to achieve is that of a label which is almost (or even) 100% of the half-circumference of the bottle, so that the far left and right ends of the label end (or get towards ending) in a compressed mass of ink (as it would appear to camera). Here's a little gif of what I'm thinking about... it's set to 0.5 to give the effect of shooting straight on to the bottle (rather than creating the up or down curve), but I can't get those edges to compress enough to give the sense of the label wrapping around the edges. It's .gif which flips between the before and after - as you can see, there's not much fall off (see the vertical bars) as it is (though there does seem to be more if I get the label to wrap up or down?). Hope this helps clarify?! Thanks again, Pete

Hi John, Thanks so much for sharing these equations. Having trawled the web while looking for ways to 'apply' labels to pack shots of bottles in Affinity Photo, this tutorial (and the accompanying equations and macros) are about the only things I've found to achieve this result - and they do it so well! I've been trying to work out how to change the amount of compression (which gives the effect of a 'fall off') on the sides of the 'label'. I understand that changing the variable mentioned (between 0 and 1) gives the effect of looking down/up at the 'label', but I'm wondering if there's a way to change the equation to give the appearance of the 'label' being wrapped around a larger object. Essentially it's a matter of persective, and I'm trying the make the left and right sides of the label compress more (in a smooth fashion), so that I can can achieve a effect of the label falling off as it curves around a round bottle, but with the camera as though it was square on to the bottle. My requirement is that as you get a wider label (that wraps further around the object), the compression applied the label will need to become more extreme as it reaches the 'edge' of the bottle. I hope this makes some kind of sense! Is there something I'm missing, or could you kindly point me in the direction of what I'd need to change in your equations? Many thanks, Pete

Thanks for the speedy response and work arounds :)

Is there a work around to stop inverted shapes that have been converted into text frames from turning the text placed in them displaying upside down? I want to create a Trapeze that is wider at the top than the bottom, see my workflow here: There must be a way to make this shape without it becoming 'upside down'? Thanks in advance :)