Joe S. Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 I'm running into problems trying to warp vertical stripes to a curve, like if you had stripes emanating from the center of a circle and just a slice of the edge was used (image 1). The curve will be printed as the vertical area of a bucket hat (the B section of image 2). For this attempt, I'm using Designer & quad mesh but I've also tried Photo's mesh warp live layer filter; both results still aren't what I'm looking for but I figured that warping vectors would give me more flexibility. What I'm trying to do is make the stripes appear relatively similar in width. It makes sense to angle the edges of the stripes to match the edges of the curve but I have yet to create anything better than what I've shared here. I know that the stripes should be a little narrower at the top of the curve than at the bottom but it just seems off. I did try warping a smaller section that was just the height of the curve, thinking I could angle the sides, drag the middle down and then adjust the nodes but somehow that looked even worse. [EDIT: that was with rasters, and I realized at this vector warp would be easier if the size was closer to the curve's height] Am I using the wrong warp method? Or am I overthinking this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted March 7 Staff Share Posted March 7 Hi @Joe S., I wouldn't say I have a particularly good eye for this, but I created a rough 0pt curve path for the 'B' section, and pasted in a vectorised version of your stripes design and applied a standard horizontal Arc warp to it to match the general shape, scaled it up and nested this into the curve. There are likely some much better methods to keep the stripes around the same relative width which other users may be aware of. 🙂 Bucket Hat Nest + Warp.afdesign Joe S. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe S. Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Thank you, I will check that out today! I've tried using dashed outlines to 'line up' the columns but it takes so many adjustments to get it right. I now see why people don't design too many bucket hats with vertical stripes, I'm not sure it's worth the effort 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 1 hour ago, Joe S. said: bucket hats with vertical stripes On 3/5/2024 at 5:24 PM, Joe S. said: Am I using the wrong warp method? You could also use a random photo of a similar hat and distort the stripes using Live Displacement Map in Photo: Joe S. 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe S. Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Thanks, I had no idea what a 'displacement map' was until now, this will be great for mockups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 2 hours ago, Joe S. said: I had no idea what a 'displacement map' was until now You can do amazing things, if the source has a nice structure. Here a random screenshot from my forum attachment archives (I don't remember in which context I posted it though): Joe S. 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe S. Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 1 hour ago, Joe S. said: Very cool. Some like it hot. Sorry, just couldn't help myself. One of the best movies ever. Only peripherally related to music. Alfred and PaulEC 2 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe S. Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 18 hours ago, Old Bruce said: Some like it hot. I've never seen it, assuming you mean the movie from the (iirc) '50s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 44 minutes ago, Joe S. said: I've never seen it, assuming you mean the movie from the (iirc) '50s? Yes, starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis. "Like Jello on springs." Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 17 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Yes, starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis. Well, nobody's perfect, but you forgot to mention Joe E. Brown! Old Bruce and Alfred 2 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 19 hours ago, Old Bruce said: One of the best movies ever. One of the few great classic American movies that we got to see as kids in the communist Czechoslovakia of the 1970s… Old Bruce 1 Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 6 minutes ago, loukash said: One of the few great classic American movies that we got to see as kids in the communist Czechoslovakia of the 1970s… Wow. How did that slip through? I guess it could be read/viewed as a condemnation of idle millionaires and their closeness to organized crime. Not to mention the pervasive trend towards criminality in the West. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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