Help using distort filters

[brucet]

Photoshop made distorting, skewing, warping, etc easy.  I found distort filters, but have no idea how to use them or what they can do.  

Affinity "help" is no help at all, just a summary list of functions without any explanation how to use.

Can someone point me at instructions or a good tutorial?

[loukash]

If only there were something like a search field over at YooToob… 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, wait!

 

[brucet]

I tried that, finding a half dozen or so, none of which was on subject.

[loukash]

Have you checked Serif's own video channel? 
affinity.serif.com/en-us/learn/photo/desktop

[loukash]

45 minutes ago, brucet said:

finding a half dozen or so, none of which was on subject.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=affinity+photo+distort&sp=CAI%3D

[brucet]

Thanks, all, but none of the videos is helpful; most about Affinity 2 or text, etc.

I sometimes need to select a portion from one side or the other of of a scanned old diapositive image image shot with a wide angle lens, where the image has been distorted by the edge compression of the lens.  

I simply want to find a way to do what could be done in Photoshop CS5 where Cmd+T brought a sizing box with which one could drag to enlarge/reduce size of a layer image, stretch laterally or vertically, and/or drag to move it around.

Also under the edit tab (I think) were a series of distorting tools; Skew, Distort, Perspective, etc, which enabled selectively changing dimensions of various parts of the image.

Closest I have found is Mesh Warp Tool, which is interesting, but not the same.

[loukash]

1 hour ago, brucet said:

the image has been distorted by the edge compression of the lens.  

https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Filters/filter_lensDistortion.html
https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Filters/filter_lensCorrection.html

1 hour ago, brucet said:

a way to do what could be done in Photoshop CS5 where Cmd+T brought a sizing box with which one could drag to enlarge/reduce size of a layer image, stretch laterally or vertically, and/or drag to move it around.

1. select the layer you want to edit in the Layers panel
2. select the Move tool
3. edit

1 hour ago, brucet said:

Also under the edit tab (I think) were a series of distorting tools; Skew, Distort, Perspective, etc, which enabled selectively changing dimensions of various parts of the image.

Also with the Move tool, at least some of them like Skew and Rotate.

No offense, but how about watching some Affinity Photo Basics tutorials first…?

For a start, here's the "Affinity Photo Basic Rule #1":
Affinity Photo is not a Photoshop clone.  

Now that we've clarified that, I can only say:
Happy exploring!

[loukash]

1 hour ago, brucet said:

Perspective

Layer > New Live Filter > Distort > Perspective
It's non-destructive.

[brucet]

22 hours ago, loukash said:

https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Filters/filter_lensDistortion.html
https://affinity.help/photo/en-US.lproj/pages/Filters/filter_lensCorrection.html

1. select the layer you want to edit in the Layers panel
2. select the Move tool
3. edit

Also with the Move tool, at least some of them like Skew and Rotate.

No offense, but how about watching some Affinity Photo Basics tutorials first…?

For a start, here's the "Affinity Photo Basic Rule #1":
Affinity Photo is not a Photoshop clone.  

Now that we've clarified that, I can only say:
Happy exploring!

Thanks for the move tool suggestion.  That has the elements of PS Cmd+T and helpfully displays pixel size of the modified layer.

No skew, distort, etc.  Though.

I have viewed many of James Ritson's fine Affinity videos, but - not to fault Affinity - their titles are not written to accommodate some old PS user trying to find a particular functionality, so finding what I want to know can be difficult.  I never would have thought to look at a Move Tool video to find resizing and rotating.  If there is one on Mesh Warp tool, I could not find it in the list.

[loukash]

17 minutes ago, brucet said:

No skew

Hover over the middle handles until the cursor changes to two arrows.
Or use the Transformation panel.

17 minutes ago, brucet said:

distort

Destructive: Mesh Warp Tool, Perspective Tool
Nondestructive live filters: Perspective, Mesh Warp (new in v2)
… among others.

17 minutes ago, brucet said:

their titles are not written to accommodate some old PS user trying to find a particular functionality

I'm pretty sure that Serif's goal never was to create Photoshop clone. 

17 minutes ago, brucet said:

 If there is one on Mesh Warp tool, I could not find it in the list.

It's my impression that @James Ritson isn't finished yet with producing new video content. He's been adding a few just last week: