hsmokey Posted April 13, 2024 Posted April 13, 2024 Hi there, Does anyone know how to arch text in Affinity Designer II? Please see attached image as an example- I currently use Adobe Illustrator for this feature, however, I'd like to switch over to Affinity Designer, if possible- Thanks! Screen Recording 2024-04-13 at 4.11.37 PM.mov
Ron P. Posted April 14, 2024 Posted April 14, 2024 Hi @hsmokey, welcome to the forums It's about this simple. Use the Warp Group at the bottom of the Layers Panel.. 2024-04-13 19-01-25.mp4 Alfred 1 Affinity Photo 2.6..; Affinity Designer 2.6..; Affinity Publisher 2.6..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win11 Home Version:24H2, Build: 26100.1742: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD; Wacom Intuos 3 PTZ-431W
Alfred Posted April 14, 2024 Posted April 14, 2024 11 minutes ago, Ron P. said: It's about this simple. Use the Warp Group at the bottom of the Layers Panel.. To keep the letters vertical, use the Quad option and drag the top and bottom edges of the quad rectangle upward to curve them. Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
hsmokey Posted April 14, 2024 Author Posted April 14, 2024 Great! Thanks so much- I would like to keep the letters upright and it seems Adobe Illustrator's program is easier in that sense- Alfred and wusup 2
wusup Posted April 14, 2024 Posted April 14, 2024 18 minutes ago, hsmokey said: it seems Adobe Illustrator's program is easier in that sense Agreed. I wish Designer had predefined warp options like Illustrator. That’s one of the first things I missed when I started using Affinity. I hope Serif considers adding predefined warp options at some point. Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 (MSI/EXE)
firstdefence Posted April 14, 2024 Posted April 14, 2024 The warp feature in Affinity is quite rudimentary compared to Illustrator and VectorStyler. The biggest omission as far as I can see is the lack of constraint and no way to snap to guides nor grid, this makes the warping process clumsy at best. There are no centre nodes to move, so again you have to guess the centre of the text. All of these missing features should have been included by default along with the ability to save presets. Report card: Affinity-Canva needs to try harder. C- Old Bruce, Alfred and Andy05 3 iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
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