Is it possible for Mesh Warp (pixel) to behave like Vector Warp? Specifically arc feature...

[Barbasol]

Goal: Distort a pixel image so it will wrap around a cone.

The Vector Warp -> Arc in Designer would work perfectly, but alas my image is raster/pixel. The Live Filter->Mesh Warp works on raster but is totally manual. No grid even to line things up by eye.

Is there any way to replicate the functionality of Vector Warp-> Arc where you simply tell it a % of arc?

The only workaround I can think of is to a) Vector warp a grid and then b)add a grid layer to my pixel image to use with the Mesh Warp tool to line things up by eye with the vector warp grid. Quite a pain considering the simplicity that Vector Warp would give!

Thanks for any ideas on how to tackle this better!

Edit: Things like this are always a bit frustrating because it's purely a UI issue. Affinity can warp pixel images, but it doesn't give the UI option I need that Vector Warp has.

[John Rostron]

This could probably be done using Equations. Have a look at my macro to wrap an image around a bottle here or here.  You could then further scale it so that the upper parts were condensed linearly.

John