R34V3r Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 This is literally the best title I could come up with. I would like to shape my text like this: So starting small at the start, enlarging it to the middle and going back to small at the end. Is this possible without destroying the text layer into a curves group? Or what might be the most efficient way to do this in affinity designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 I believe this feature is on the roadmap, but there is currently no efficient way to do it in Affinity Designer. R34V3r 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Not available in Designer but you can get close with some Equations if you also have Affinity Photo. First create your text with varying font sizes for each character to get the basic shape (figure 1 below) Then distort the text with the Equations shown (figure 2 below) Use sliders A and B to change the effect Here are the formulas x+(100*a)*sin(360*x/w) y+(200*b)*sin(180*x/w) R34V3r 1 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 26, 2017 Staff Share Posted December 26, 2017 The Equations filter outputs a pixel layer - the text will not be editable anymore. For rasterised results you can also use the Mesh Warp Tool which offers visual control over the distortion. Unfortunately it's not possible create this type of distortions keeping the text editable or as vectors no matter the program used (unless you edit the nodes of the letters manually). R34V3r 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R34V3r Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 3 hours ago, MEB said: The Equations filter outputs a pixel layer - the text will not be editable anymore. For rasterised results you can also use the Mesh Warp Tool which offers visual control over the distortion. Unfortunately it's not possible create this type of distortions keeping the text editable or as vectors no matter the program used (unless you edit the nodes of the letters manually). Thanks for the reply. The mesh warp is indeed a great way to do this. If I get this right, it rasterizes the layer first before warping it, so enlarging certain areas does mean you have some degree of sharpness loss in the output. Are there any plans to make a vector flavor of this tool in designer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 26, 2017 Staff Share Posted December 26, 2017 Hi R34V3r, This tool is already on Affinity Designer's roadmap and should be added in a future free update before version 2.0 (the roadmap covers the 1.x cycle - most features were already implemented and removed from the list- so only the remaining appear there). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 6 hours ago, MEB said: ...Unfortunately it's not possible create this type of distortions keeping the text editable or as vectors no matter the program used (unless you edit the nodes of the letters manually). Well, that is not true ;^) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 26, 2017 Staff Share Posted December 26, 2017 I'm obviously referring to Affinity apps only... If i'm missing something go ahead and post the steps here. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Well, obviously it wasn't obvious to me when a general statement is made that you were referring to only Serif's Affinity applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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