3D-type perspective ‘wrap’ in Designer and/or Photo

[David C250]

Hi – I wonder if there is any way in Affinity Designer and/or Photo of doing the following. Imagine a can, say like a can of paint. I can draw a can that looks fairly 3D-ish, and/or use a photo of an actual can and overlay something. I then have a whole range of 2D labels, basically rectangles with text and logos on, that I want to paste over the can graphic (or can photo) in such a way that it looks distorted, like it’s actually wrapped around the can, like a real label would. I have played about with Mesh Warp and Perspective in Photo for ages, but can’t get anything that looks any good, and I can’t find anything in Designer that seems to do anything like this. I’ve read on the web that Photoshop does have some very limited 3D capabilities, and indeed I’ve spoken to someone who said they’ve done something like this in Photoshop (allegedly), but they could not give me any details (and I don’t have Photoshop anyway). Any suggestions what I could do in Designer/Photo?

[John Rostron]

Have a look at this and see if it works for you.

John

[David C250]

Wow, thanks John, that's hugely clever stuff, which I can't say I understand but it seems to work! Thanks a lot. It gives something similar to what I achieved but it looks more 'normal' so it's great, thanks. Can't work out hwat to do with the macro though - downloaded it, but don't know how to actually use it?