Stef71 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 I would like to make a photo cube like this in Affinity Photo but I have no idea how to best project the images to the cubes sides I have a blanc cube file (jpeg) I managed to combine the pictures for the 3 sides (there is no contact sheet option in Affinity? Well I managed to create something similar anyway) so 3 jpegs, but how do I get them on the cubes sides in the right perspective? The other things like background, reflection and shadow won't be a problem Quote
carl123 Posted January 16 Posted January 16 The Perspective filter will do that for you Layer > New Live Filter Layer > Distort > Perspective Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
GarryP Posted January 16 Posted January 16 If anyone reading this isn’t bothered about true perspective... An quick alternative method, using Designer rather than Photo, would be to use the Isometric functionalities. Another (better?) method using Publisher and Designer would be to use Publisher’s Picture Frames in conjunction with Designer’s Isometric functionalities. See attached (unfinished) example which was thrown together quickly by making one frame for each of Top, Side and Front and then duplicating them and replacing the images. Or you can manually set the Rotation and Shear for the layers to get the same results. Quote
anto Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Since it is very difficult to manipulate the content of image frames when they are perspective-locked and there are many artifacts that have not been fixed for years, prepare 9 squares, group them, and place them along the outlines of the cube. And then watch the video. 2025-01-16 17-58-28.mp4 Quote
NotMyFault Posted January 16 Posted January 16 To avoid all issues with live projection, a different approach: create rectangular shapes use duplicate to 9 copies use fill tool in bitmap mode and fill rectangles individually use move tool, shear and rotation to bring rectangles into shape and position Alternative approach create rhombus shape by any means (shear and rotate rectangle, use pen tool and triangular grid, use rhombus shape) activate fill tool bitmap fill use modifier keys to adjust axis independently (cmd plus alt on Mac) stretch fill to match perspective. Snapping to grid is you friend Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.
Stef71 Posted January 17 Author Posted January 17 Guys, thats all great but I want to do it in Affinity Photo 2, I have no further use for Publisher and Designer so its a bit silly to buy those only for a yearly photo cube ... 21 hours ago, carl123 said: The Perspective filter will do that for you Layer > New Live Filter Layer > Distort > Perspective I will try this first, mayby it will be sufficient ... Quote
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