Help, How Can I

[Ajfz]

Hi all, can anyone help, bit of a problem and not sure how or if it can be done. Received a scan of a local Swiss newspaper from the village my wife is from, was going to frame it for a present to my wife for Christmas, the page is dated for her birthday. But the scan sent to me is not flat (you see on the left) was trying to figure out how to sort of straighten it, tried a few things but not really Pro at Affinity to be honest.

 

Is there a way to just flatten the bulge on the left, does not have to be prefect, just better than it is now?

 

Trying to get it sorted out for Sunday, appreciate any advice / help / pointers.

[firstdefence]

I think this is a difficult process because you have variegated curvature over the length of the page with the centre being the least affected, you could try the liquify persona but I think you'd end up with a mess.

[A_B_C]

You could use the Mesh Warp Tool. See my video.

• Select the pixel layer containing your newspaper image.
• Select the Mesh Warp Tool.
• Create a node for the Mesh Warp Tool at the bottom left of the mesh by double clicking the mesh frame and adjust the handles as indicated in the video.
• Repeat the same mesh adjustments in mirrored fashion at the top of your image. Just play around a bit to find a good balance.

That should give you a useable result. Not perfect, but useable. 

 

Merry Christmas,

Alex

 

Mesh-Warp-Tool.mov

 

 

 

[John Rostron]

I would suggest that you attempt this by divide-and-conquer. Make a separate image of each column, extending each to the top as necessary. You are likely to make less mess, espcially in the leftmost column.

John

[Ajfz]

Great support, thanks to John, A_B_C and first defence, very much appreciated, everybody have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[Bri-Toon]

Ajfz, believe it or not, this is actually a much easier fix than when I had to flatten out the wrapper on a bottle so the font could be it's own file. A_B_C's technique is where to go.

[Ajfz]

Well managed to get what l wanted with your help and advice, many thanks again to all.

 

Attached the original l received, and the end result what l settled on after a couple of hours, not perfect, but wanted to keep most of the look and feel.