Working with Artistic text in Affinity Designer

[Above All Media]

 

Can someone please answer for how to accomplish in Affinity Designer, NOT PHOTO please.  I want this to be an all vector format project.

I need instructions for the process on how to make the text look like it is actually printed on the attached book cover?  Or point me to a good video on the subject matter.

 

[j.king]

This cannot be done in Affinity Designer, only in Affinity Photo using the Perspective tool. However, what you could do is this: add perspective in Affinity Photo using black on white copy with high enough resolution to create a very sharp image, then autotrace it in other software like Inkscape. Then you'd have a vector (.svg) which you could open & use in Designer. I also wish there was a way to warp/skew/add perspective in Designer. I have to use this route frequently.

[Above All Media]

Oh that's disappointing.  I can't believe it's not available.  But, at least I know that, after an hour of searching for warp and skew options, I'm not loosing my mind.

 

[j.king]

I'm with ya on that!

[Old Bruce]

It is possible to do all in vector in Designer but it is a hell of a lot of work (and the text would have to be converted to curves before starting). By a lot of work I mean days versus minutes in Photo with the perspective tools.

I question why you want to have it in vectors when the book jacket is most likely a pixel image.

[Above All Media]

Truthfully the book is actually a Vector image. And while I have and do frequently use Affinity Photo, it is just a personal preference of mine to work in Vector formats when at all possible.

Raster image tracing and warping and skewing text are thus far the only 2 things I have found that I miss from Illustrator.  Other than the subscription fee.  

I'll do it in Photo with the perspective tools since that's the only way currently possible within the Affinity Suite.  😉

[Studio97Visuals]

Maby this can help, look at Vectorstyles.

[PixelPest]

I wonder if shearing will work for you eventually?

[Old Bruce]

3 hours ago, PixelPest said:

I wonder if shearing will work for you eventually?

The A in Author is too tall. You'd have to scale each glyph from left to right.