Editing nodes not aligned with the original image

[TonyS3]

 

 

 

HI, I am having difficulty editing a shape in designer 2. I have warped it (I think rotated it before that) and now, when I go to edit nodes, the edit is not aligned with the original image and i cannot really make edits with the nodes offset.

I am fairly new to designer (used coreldraw and then illustrator on a mac since 1990. The attached image shows the issue - nodes not aligned with the actual image.

Is there a way to align them or a working process that avoids this issue 

[GarryP]

The nodes of the curve which is being warped should be in their original positions when you try to edit them because the Warp Group is non-destructive. The nodes ‘belong’ to the curve, which is where is was before being warped, not the warp group.

If you want to edit the nodes in their ‘warped positions’ you can use the Convert to Curves button on the Context Toolbar but this is a ‘destructive’ function and the original shape will be lost.

[TonyS3]

15 minutes ago, GarryP said:

The nodes of the curve which is being warped should be in their original positions when you try to edit them because the Warp Group is non-destructive. The nodes ‘belong’ to the curve, which is where is was before being warped, not the warp group.

If you want to edit the nodes in their ‘warped positions’ you can use the Convert to Curves button on the Context Toolbar but this is a ‘destructive’ function and the original shape will be lost.

That has fixed the issue for me! Many thanks. A shame that it is now destructively applied, but at least it is editable

Are further edits non-destructive form this point?

[GarryP]

Once the warped group has been converted to curves, the warp group will have been converted to a Group and the child layers will have been converted to Curve (or Curves) layers.

The Group layer is just a normal Group, and the Curve (or Curves) layers will just be normal curves, editable as though you had drawn them that way.