catlover Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I have : Text >Rasterized to pixellayer > Fill=bitmap,clip-masked. I would like to distort this text into a perspective, but that seems impossible. Can someone help me out please? The file itself is very big (42 Mb) My provider won't let me upload anything that big, sorry. So, just a screenshot will have to do. Thanks in advance ! C.L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 There is (currently) no perspective or warp tool in Affinity Designer, just in Affinity Photo. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catlover Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 Thanks, RC-R : Sorry, used the wrong heading : it is supposed to be " Photo". My Bad. Anyway, the question still stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Is there some reason you can't use the Perspective Tool on the "text" layer? Why do you need the "clipmask" layer? It might be easier if you attached the .afphoto file to the topic, or an example one if you don't want to post the actual file. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 21, 2019 Staff Share Posted February 21, 2019 Hi catlover, Select the text layer (Affinity will pick both the text pixel layer and the clipmask layer) then go to menu Layer ▸ New Live Filter Layer ▸ Perspective Filter to apply the live perspective filter - I believe you were been using the Perspective Tool instead. It should work without issues. R C-R and stokerg 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catlover Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 Thanks, MEB : That did the trick. Could you please explain what the difference is between the "Live" perspective filer and the "regular" perspective filter, or is it simply the former one needs a extra layer ? @RC-R : I cannot upload files over 25Mb, this file is 41,7Mb, hence the screenshots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 13 minutes ago, catlover said: Could you please explain what the difference is between the "Live" perspective filer and the "regular" perspective filter... Live filters are not destructive, meaning they can be removed or edited at any time. Regular filters are destructive -- once they are applied they are 'baked' into the layer & cannot be removed or edited. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catlover Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 Thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 21, 2019 Staff Share Posted February 21, 2019 Hi catlover, A little more efficient way to do this is: - create the text object as usual - change to the Gradient Tool tool and apply the Bitmap fill type directly to the text object - apply the perspective live filter to the text object This way you keep the text always editable, you don't need to use the clipmask layer because the bitmap fill will be limited to the text object area and can still edit the live perspective filter whenever you need because it's a non-destructive (live) filter. stokerg 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catlover Posted February 21, 2019 Author Share Posted February 21, 2019 I'll give that a go, thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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