PhotoPlus X6 User Guide - Serif
PhotoPlus X6 User Guide - Serif
PhotoPlus X6 User Guide - Serif
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Mesh warping<br />
Manipulating Images 111<br />
The Mesh Warp Tool (Tools toolbar) works like the Deform Tool outfitted<br />
with complex curves. It lets you define a flexible grid of nodes and lines that you<br />
can drag to distort an image, or part of an image (or layer). You can edit the<br />
mesh to vary its curvature, and even custom-design a mesh to match a particular<br />
image's geometry—for example, curves that follow facial contours—for more<br />
precise control of the warp effect.<br />
The Mesh Warp Tool works on Background and standard layers, but<br />
not on text layers or shape layers.<br />
When you first select the tool, a<br />
simple rectangular mesh appears<br />
over the image, with nine nodes: one<br />
at each corner, one at the centre, and<br />
one at the midpoint of each edge.<br />
Straight lines connect adjacent<br />
nodes. A context toolbar also appears<br />
to support the Mesh Warp Tool.<br />
The straight line segments are<br />
actually bendable curves. When you<br />
alter the contours of the mesh and<br />
distort the initial rectangular grid,<br />
the underlying image deforms<br />
accordingly. To change the mesh,<br />
you simply move nodes, node<br />
attractor handles, or connecting<br />
lines; add or subtract nodes as<br />
needed; and/or edit nodes to change<br />
the curvature of adjoining lines.