Photo - Free transform

[RickPor]

When using the Move tool you can also transform and rotate your selection

How can you free transform this SELECTION -> skew / free distort (straith lines), without putting the whole layer into perspective

[Callum]

Hi RickPor,

 

I'm not sure I understand exactly what it is that you are asking. Are you trying to select part of a layer and then skew only your selection?

 

Thanks

Callum

[RickPor]

Hi Callum,

Thanks,

Thats right, can I make a selection within a whole page and then distort that selection. Without first pasting that selection into a new layer 

 

Rick

[verysame]

Yes, just select the area you want to distort, then press V on the keyboard (is the move tool shortcut) and then you can distort the selected area.

[HVDB Photography]

29 minutes ago, RickPor said:

Without first pasting that selection into a new layer 

 

Yes, but that way it will make a cut out !

 

[verysame]

This is something that I'd like to see in AP. In Photoshop I'm used to ALT + drag a selected area to duplicate it onto the same layer. It's very handy, especially when it comes to rough, fast cloning jobs.

[RickPor]

Thanks, I can do that, but with 'V' I can only scale/skew/rotate. As soon as I want to free transform it seems that I need to use the perspective tool -> there it can only work with a new layer/the whole artwork on that layer. Not with a selection only. Right?

[Alfred]

If you don’t paste the selection into a new layer, how do you get around the problem that @HVDB Fotografie has highlighted?

[Thiagarajan]

Anybody know how to?

[Fixx]

There is no free transform command, but perspective tool is ok if adjustment is not too severe.

I wish devs would add third tool in the Perspective/Mesh tool set: Free Transform.

[JRD_2]

use "V" on a pasted image works just like "free transform" in PS.   I've been bumping between AP and FS as I slowly transition over to AP.   maybe since this posting the newer version now has the options.  AP just does things a bit differently but the end product is the same.

[seenegineer]

No "V" will NOT work as PS "free transform" at all, since there is no possibility for skewing, distorting and such. You can only scale and rotate, which is VERY limiting, especially for everyone of us who is building scenes and perspectives. I am getting rid of Adobe but for now procreate is much more usable than Affinity Photo. 

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, seenegineer said:

No "V" will NOT work as PS "free transform" at all, since there is no possibility for skewing, distorting and such. You can only scale and rotate, which is VERY limiting,

With the Move Tool (default shortcut "V") scaling, rotating, & skewing (called shearing in Affinity) can be done, but only on the entire layer. (Shear is not the same as free transform.) This can also be done with the Transform panel.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

With the Move Tool (default shortcut "V") scaling, rotating, & skewing (called shearing in Affinity) can be done, but only on the entire layer. (Shear is not the same as free transform.) This can also be done with the Transform panel.

You can also convert the layer to curves (Layer > Convert to Curves) and then use the Node Tool to more freely transform the layer.

Edit: Wrong.

[R C-R]

1 minute ago, walt.farrell said:

You can also convert the layer to curves (Layer > Convert to Curves) and then use the Node Tool to more freely transform the layer.

I do not think that works with Pixel layers. With Image layers it just crops, at least for me.

[walt.farrell]

34 minutes ago, R C-R said:

With Image layers it just crops, at least for me.

Oops; you're right. It's just an odd crop frame.

36 minutes ago, R C-R said:

I do not think that works with Pixel layers.

Sigh. Right about that, too.