iMac1943 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 how can I transform a text. See attached file with an example of a text and the text has to be 'reformed (?)' to an other chape as I show below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 13, 2016 Staff Share Posted January 13, 2016 Hi iMac1943, Affinity Designer doesn't have tools to perform distortions like this yet (perspective). They are on the roadmap and will be implemented in a future version. If you own Affinity Photo your can use its non-destructive raster based distortion tools to accomplish the same result visually, but it does not change the object geometry as it would do with vector based distortion tools. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 OK, thank you MEB. I hope this will happen in the near future. Regards, Luc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted January 13, 2016 Staff Share Posted January 13, 2016 Hi iMac1943, You can create a basic version of this effect by using grids & axis manager and pace the view into isometric and you can use the rotate and skew option in the transform tab to create the effect as shown in the attached screenshot. Regards, Darren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 That is a good idea Darren. It is not exactly what I need but it helps. The name must come on the side of the truck as you see on the screen print Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 and also on the truck, which will be more difficult I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 sorry Darren, what is the 'scew option'? Where do I find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted January 13, 2016 Staff Share Posted January 13, 2016 The skew option is in the bottom right of the transform tab with the letter s and it allows you to angle the object, I had a quick play on adding text to the truck as shown in the screenshot this was just quickly done by adding artistic text and then rasterised so I could change the angle. You can also convert the text to curves and then change each of the letters individually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 you mean like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted January 13, 2016 Staff Share Posted January 13, 2016 Yes you can use the one in the character, I use the one in the transform as it also has the rotate option and you can choose the anchor point to apply the effect from. I used the centre point rather than the default top left hand corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 indeed there are several possibilities. The result is not 100% because the first letters must be higher then the last ones, but is already an improvement. Hopefully - as MEB says - that will be solved in the next update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted January 13, 2016 Staff Share Posted January 13, 2016 There is another option if you download the trial version of Affinity Photo you can use the perspective tool on the text and then save as a Affinity Photo format and then in Designer use to place tool to open the file and then place this on the truck . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 I have Affinity Photo too. That is the best solution I think. Many thanks DWright!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMac1943 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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