cadobir Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I would like the ability to transform selections by pulling nodes to lengthen or shorten sides, enlarge or shrink entire selections, and warp selections. I use this functionality in Photoshop constantly. Affinity Photo is becoming a worthy competitor, but this functionality is missing. Xie Yuze and predick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 24, 2015 Staff Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hello cadobir, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) To transform a selection, enter in Quick mask mode (press Q), change to the Move tool and scale/rotate/skew the selection dragging the bounding box control handles. To warp the selection, enter in Quick Mask mode (press Q), change to the Warp Mesh Tool, distort the selection, click Apply on the context toolbar, and quit Quick Mask mode. thilanwij, Dalibor Puljiz, Mr. Doodlezz and 1 other 3 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philmarklew Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hi, Is there a way to transform selections in this way in affinity designer? Thanks cadobir 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted July 15, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 15, 2015 Hi philmarklew, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) No, Affinity Designer doesn't have a Quick Mask mode. It does the same type of transformations directly on vector objects, but not on pixel selections without distorting the image unless you create a new empty layer. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekl Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 It would be nice to have special a transform mode for selections. Pixel perfect rectangular selections are very difficult in Affinity Photo. Well, I can zoom in, but moving the mouse while Affinity draws the marquee tends to very slow scrolling. It would also be helpful to be able to move the not finished selection by hitting the space bar like Photoshop or the screenshot tool from OS X does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 12, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 12, 2016 There's a way around this. If you create an empty layer and select it, you can manipulate the pixel selection without affecting other layers/images. Then return to the original layer you were editing. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadobir Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 It would be very useful to have scaling, rotation, skewing separate from the Move tool. If I want to scale or rotate a select group of nodes in an object, at the moment, I can't. But In Illustrator I have used that functionality a great deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 16, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 16, 2016 Hi cadobir, The Move Tool doesn't work with nodes. It's used to select and transform objects globally (scale, kew, rotate etc). All nodes operations are performed trough the Node Tool which will be improved to include more functionality as we move forward. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadobir Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Hi philmarklew, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) No, Affinity Designer doesn't have a Quick Mask mode. It does the same type of transformations directly on vector objects, but not on pixel selections without distorting the image unless you create a new empty layer. Can you please clarify the part about " not on pixel selections without distorting the image unless you create a new empty layer"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 16, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 16, 2016 If you open an image, go to Pixel Persona, draw a pixel selection marquee and transform it using the Move Tool, you will also affect the content of the selected area (besides the pixel selection itself). If you create a new layer and select it, you can transform the pixel selection using the Move Tool without affecting the original image layer, so you are able to transform just the pixel selection. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicoppc Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Any plan to make it allow to transform the selection without the Quick mask mode. The red colors is really disturbing and do not allow precise work.. PS: I gave a try to Affinity over PS today again. Unfortunately, Affinity just does not do the job yet. Make it possible. CS6 will soon not work on current MacOS anymore.. Problems are: Auto selection in PS is just so much better, I can transform a selection. Layer transformation is much more better and intuitive in PS. multi layer tiffs are not supported, it makes the software useless in professional workflow. Thanks Hello cadobir, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) To transform a selection, enter in Quick mask mode (press Q), change to the Move tool and scale/rotate/skew the selection dragging the bounding box control handles. To warp the selection, enter in Quick Mask mode (press Q), change to the Warp Mesh Tool, distort the selection, click Apply on the context toolbar, and quit Quick Mask mode. Quote --Nicolas DETFotografieLes gens sont la clefEvent, Porträt, People, Hochzeit, ... Livehttp://www.nicolas-det.eu https://www.instagram.com/nicolas_det_fotografie/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 18, 2016 Staff Share Posted February 18, 2016 Hi nicoppc, "Any plan to make it allow to transform the selection without the Quick mask mode. The red colors is really disturbing and do not allow precise work.." You can select other mode rather than the red overlay from the arrow on the right of the Quick Mask button on the main toolbar. Alternatively, to transform a pixel selection without entering Quick Mask mode, create your selection in an empty layer and transform it using the Move Tool then select the original layer. Layered TIFF support is coming soon. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicoppc Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Thanks! Looking forward! This is the only way to integrate poerpely Affinity in Lightroom CaptureOne und co. Regards Layered TIFF support is coming soon. Quote --Nicolas DETFotografieLes gens sont la clefEvent, Porträt, People, Hochzeit, ... Livehttp://www.nicolas-det.eu https://www.instagram.com/nicolas_det_fotografie/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pier Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Hey @MEB are selection transforms planned for the future or actively being developed?This is an essential feature and the workarounds suggested here seem overly complicated for what should be a very basic task. Even GIMP has selection transforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royst0n Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I agree with forum members, Affinity seriously needs Transform Selection feature, ideally combined with popup that shows selection's dimensions near mouse arrow and ideally combined with permanent width/height of the selection shown in the Info panel (now just when mouse button is pressed). Scrubby zooming would be nice too, but I guess P$ spoiled us... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffuz Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 On 6/24/2015 at 3:11 PM, MEB said: Hello cadobir, Welcome to Affinity Forums To transform a selection, enter in Quick mask mode (press Q), change to the Move tool and scale/rotate/skew the selection dragging the bounding box control handles. To warp the selection, enter in Quick Mask mode (press Q), change to the Warp Mesh Tool, distort the selection, click Apply on the context toolbar, and quit Quick Mask mode. Yes this works for me up to a point. Once the object to transform is selected with the node points available to move, the button in the context toolbar to convert the node to angular des not work! Pulling in the handles to to the nodes is practically impossible. Could you please advise me on this as it is critical for my work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdTech Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 OK, so from what I can tell, I can't just select a portion of an image and then transform it. (Ctrl+t) in Photoshop. Am I missing something? This is a pretty core tool and I'm really trying to get my team to switch to Affinity, but we just can't do it without core pieces like this. I can't wait to be taught how to find this tool. Thanks!! Boldlinedesign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boldlinedesign Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 @EdTech I was trying to do this today, three years after you mentioned it. It would be ideal to be able to make a pixel selection and hit control t, like in clip studio or adobe, and warp and modify that selection only. This should be standard in both photo and designer pixel persona. Three years, and still waiting and hoping it gets added. It seemed so standard I was googling and searching for it everywhere online. I had to switch over from designer to photo and use the warp function that did not work as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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