Applying a Mesh/Warp to a Pixel Layer? Designer V2

[awakenedbyowls]

I can see how to do this, only nothing is happening (to the pixels)

I can see the object/boundary box warping, but the pixel content inside remains the same. Same happens with images layers. 

Maybe I'm not doing it right but I'm wondering right now: What is the point in this feature if it only seems to change the shape of the object? I can just change the shape of the object with the node tool then

Just trying to take a pixel layer on a road that disappears into the horizon and apply a grainy effect and then warp it into the shape of the road so the textures on the road get smaller the farther back into the horizon the road goes

[GarryP]

The Warp Group functionality in Designer doesn’t currently affect Pixel/Image layers.
It has been mentioned elsewhere in the forums that Serif would like this to be extended to include bitmap layers at some point in the future.
If you need to warp a bitmap layer then you need to use Photo.

Note: The Warp Group is non-destructive, whereas using the Node Tool is destructive, and it would take a lot of time to do, for example, a perspective warp of text with just the Node Tool.

[awakenedbyowls]

8 minutes ago, GarryP said:

The Warp Group functionality in Designer doesn’t currently affect Pixel/Image layers.

Am I missing something here or just failing to see what the point in the Mesh Tool on Designer 2 actually is?

[GarryP]

The Warp Group functionality lets you warp vector objects, such as shapes, curves and text, non-destructively.
You can also Warp a Warp Group to make more complex designs.

[NotMyFault]

If you want to warp pixel layers, you can do this in Photo (not in Designer).

[awakenedbyowls]

Do it in Photo - Copy That

[loukash]

1 hour ago, awakenedbyowls said:

Copy That

No need to copy anything. Just go File > Edit In Photo. Add whatever you need. Then back to Designer the same way.

(Or am I lost in translation? As in: "copy that" = "understood!"…? )

[awakenedbyowls]

1 hour ago, N.P.M. said:

Better call Roger

Roger that

[Old Bruce]

What's our vector Victor? [quote from the movie Airplane emoticon]

[D.E. Main]

On 12/8/2022 at 4:36 AM, loukash said:

No need to copy anything. Just go File > Edit In Photo. Add whatever you need. Then back to Designer the same way.

(Or am I lost in translation? As in: "copy that" = "understood!"…? )

I didn't find that this worked.  Editing in Photo then either copy/pasting to Designer or File>Edit in Designer - gave no change.

 

 

[loukash]

21 minutes ago, D.E. Main said:

I didn't find that this worked.  Editing in Photo then either copy/pasting to Designer or File>Edit in Designer - gave no change.

What exactly were you trying to accomplish?

[loukash]

On 12/8/2022 at 12:36 PM, loukash said:

Just go File > Edit In Photo. Add whatever you need. Then back to Designer the same way.

42 minutes ago, D.E. Main said:

I didn't find that this worked.

A quick example – added Warp Group on text in Designer, added Live Perspective on placed image in Photo, back in Designer:

[Val Myburgh]

What if you don’t have Photo, only Designer?

 

[NotMyFault]

24 minutes ago, Val Myburgh said:

What if you don’t have Photo, only Designer?

 

Live mesh warp for pixel layers has been added to Designer recently. Switch to pixel Persona to add them.