Curve Bend / Cylinder Perspective

What features would you like to see in Pixelmator Pro?
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2019-06-09 15:04:20

I'm designing a coffee mug, and I discover that I can't show a preview because there is no curve bend transform tool in Pixelmator. :cry:

This is the tool I need: https://youtu.be/THLTFDt8uuw
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2019-06-10 08:52:17

Hey Michel, thanks for the feature request — it's already on the request list, though it isn't in our plans for the near future. We'd like to add something like it a little further down the line, though.
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2020-11-02 23:07:47

I see something like cylindrical distortion as a pretty basic need, an essential tool. It's needed all the time, as a cylinder is a common form, unless it's patents issues or something. I don't understand why this is not present. Hopefully in 2.0 ????
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2020-11-03 09:45:06

by Jjohn 2020-11-02 21:07:47 I see something like cylindrical distortion as a pretty basic need, an essential tool. It's needed all the time, as a cylinder is a common form, unless it's patents issues or something. I don't understand why this is not present. Hopefully in 2.0 ????
The reason why it isn't preset is we haven't added it yet because we worked on other things until now, things that we deemed more important. I do realize that, when a certain feature is such a basic need for you, this is difficult to understand but Pixelmator Pro does many different things and stuffing it full of half-baked features to cover every part of every different workflow would give you an app that looks like GIMP in the video up there. Sure, the app works and does stuff but it's a mess. Our approach is different — we deliberate over features to add, take our time to develop them thoughtfully, and make sure to keep improving the experience of existing features in the process.

To put your mind at ease, it's pretty much a guarantee that bezier-based warping will come to Pixelmator Pro, not in 2.0, but in the future – we know it is a very important feature.
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2020-11-03 19:49:38

No, sorry not a criticism, but a wish...and one can fully appreciate that everyone wants something different, and right now!
Thanks for the product!
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2020-11-03 20:01:00

Apologies, the way you worded it made me go all defensive. :smile:
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2021-10-05 19:18:50

Hi Andrius,

Is there any update on this? Working on a project and could really use the image-curve feature right now. Thanks!

-Brad
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2021-10-07 11:30:17

by Brad Laney 2021-10-05 16:18:50 Is there any update on this?
Hey Brad! While we don't have a lot to share at the moment, after some recent discussions with the team we've agreed that the mockup creation experience in Pixelmator Pro is something we'd definitely like to improve. And it would make sense for those improvements to also take into consideration the features that generally make product design easier. I believe bezier-based warping is a good candidate for that. That said, nothing's set in stone yet, so don't take this as a promise.
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2021-10-07 11:31:37

Hurray!
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2023-04-20 11:39:19

18 months on...any update? Thank you! :blush:
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2023-08-23 08:28:44

Up !
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2023-08-30 08:33:18

Any news on this, or maybe a workaround to make something to imitate curved surface? Would be helpful for bottles or open magazines with bent pages, t-shirts with folds or other mockup graphics. I love Pixelmator.
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2023-08-31 13:07:25

Unaware of how the code really works it might be fairly simple to extend the perspective transform operation to include center anchors that could be adjusted like shape anchor nodes are now done. Just saying.

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2023-08-31 14:41:20

This would be a great solution. It would be great to be able to add points along the border. Great concept, McCoy! 👨🏼‍🌾
Andrius, what do you think?
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2023-09-06 23:34:59

Curve bend is exactly what I miss :scream:
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2023-09-15 18:31:58

How about a simple new effect that doesn't require a massive investment by Pixelmator team? Here is my mock-up proposal based on mccoytest's center anchors. Just sayin'....

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2023-09-15 19:49:05

by ShaTy How about a simple new effect that doesn't require a massive investment by Pixelmator team? Here is my mock-up proposal based on mccoytest's center anchors. Just sayin'....

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Good idea, though, I have never been happy with "Perspective Transform" thread thingies that don't easily adjust if they happen to go off the current window. With this "Midpoint Transform" idea I don't think that would be a problem; I just don't like them for "Perpective Transform"
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2024-02-08 04:07:28

Last on this seems to be Sep 2023.

Is there an Update?