Designer V2: Warp only for vector elements, not images?

[NBG]

Hi,

i tried to recreate this https://youtu.be/QS3PrrOHJIs?t=627 with an image - it doesn't work.

So if i want to warp an album art including an image i can't do the same effect with AD?!

 

[Callum]

Hi NBG,
Welcome to the forums

If you select your placed image and then from the context tool bar select convert to curves does the Mesh warp work with the image?

Thanks
C

[NBG]

Hi Callum,

i did already but it doesn't warp the image, it just stretches the outer parts:

[Stepaan]

Unfortunately, you can only warp images in AP and vectors in AD, as far as I know. Which is unfortunate. I hoped I was ready to prepare (for example) product mockups easily, but nope.

[firstdefence]

Do you have Affinity Photo installed if so you can jump to Affinity Photo using File > Edit in Photo...

[NBG]

7 minutes ago, Stepaan said:

Unfortunately, you can only warp images in AP and vectors in AD, as far as I know.

So it makes no sense for me to upgrade to V2 😞

But isn't the image a "vector" because i converted it into curves before?!?

6 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

Do you have Affinity Photo installed if so you can jump to Affinity Photo using File > Edit in Photo...

I own AP V1 but this workflow makes no sense... i want to warp a whole group (incl. images) the way i want... and not switching between AP/AD and putting the puzzle together 🙂

[firstdefence]

You mean like Illustrator can do?

[Stepaan]

Just now, firstdefence said:

You mean like Illustrator can do?

Exactly. But AD doesn't warp images and AP converts vectors into bitmap when you want to warp them. So no use in MANY cases.

[Stepaan]

Many of those new features are only half done. The same applies for embedded images layers. AP can't save images with Layer type which Publisher can handle (?!)

[Stepaan]

21 minutes ago, NBG said:

So it makes no sense for me to upgrade to V2 😞

But isn't the image a "vector" because i converted it into curves before?!?

I own AP V1 but this workflow makes no sense... i want to warp a whole group (incl. images) the way i want... and not switching between AP/AD and putting the puzzle together 🙂

Well, you can warp it in AP, but as I said, you'll lose the ability to edit vectors, since they get converted into a bitmap.

[tmarq]

I was a bit disappointed too... The warp feature is awesome but it would be even better if it worked with any object groups, no matter the content.
I hope they include this on further updates.

[loukash]

3 hours ago, Stepaan said:

But AD doesn't warp images and AP converts vectors into bitmap when you want to warp them.

As a workaround until Serif gets it straight, er, warped, you may want to work with image placeholders first. Then switch to APh and warp a copy of the actual bitmap manually to match the placeholder. 
I haven't tested it yet but I was already thinking about this workflow yesterday. In theory, it should work.

Another workaround would be to trace the bitmap image.

Oh, wait…  

[NBG]

Posted a feature request here: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/171560-designer-2-warp-for-images-too/

 

[Megnusin]

On 11/11/2022 at 12:19 PM, firstdefence said:

Do you have Affinity Photo installed if so you can jump to Affinity Photo using File > Edit in Photo...

Which takes 2 mins to launch and prompts you to flatten the image, then automatically places your image in a warp group and crops all content to the canvas size 👏 🤯 I'm so exhausted by all the random things that happen when I use Affinity apps to accomplish a quick task.

[loukash]

@Megnusin, you're two years too late.  

1. Pixel persona
2. Layer → New Live Filter Layer
3. Voilà.
4. You're welcome.

[Megnusin]

Thanks for the tip @loukash🤙 I ended up just using the crop/rotate/pan/tilt feature on my iPhone 🤷‍♂️ Way more intuitive🫢