P: Adjustable grid size for the warp tool

Yes I would love to hear any feedback from the PS team about this - if it is even being considered.
The current implementation of warp is very limited. As an architectural photographer - its something I have to deal with all of the time.

its about time that some adobe staff will respond this thread and take this initiation to production ASAP!

»What is uninformed about any of the requests on this topic?«
To make it clear: I am not opposed to the feature being requested and would consider it an improvement, too, but:

The statement
»please don't suggest puppet warp - it doesn't really work«
is in my opinion not wholly technically correct or at least in need of further qualification.
Admittedly one could argue that the context is provided in the lines leading up to it and me focusing on the one sentence is nitpicking ...

The statement
»Adding an option to add more points to the warp grid would be easy to do.«
makes me wonder how the poster can judge the programming effort such a feature would necessitate.
Are they programmers? Have they worked on applications of a complexity similar to Photoshop’s?

"Also I can be something of a fusspot, I guess, so wrong or uninformed statements can irk me. "
What is uninformed about any of the requests on this topic? That PW is insignificant in dealing with the types of issues outlined here? PW has its uses (from what I've heard - but not in my images) but cannot correct volume anamorphosis which the requested improvements to the warp tool could help fix.

As a long time PS user I know it takes forever for some features to come out but I'm not impressed when most recent additions are Behance, ipad, type and 3D stuff.

»Christoph - I'm curious about your resistance to this topic?«
It’s not just contrariness on my side, though there may be some of that, too.
Also I can be something of a fusspot, I guess, so wrong or uninformed statements can irk me.

I don’t deny that the Warp functionality could stand improvements (along the lines of Illustrator’s envelope Distort) but I have the feeling that sometimes some people misjudge their insight into the issue.

Yes, many feature requests and this one in particular would be beneficial, but sometimes
• the number of beneficiaries is small and
• the necessary resources to realize a feature are considerable
In my opinion I and most of the other users posting here very likely are in no position to accurately judge how well necessary effort and potential pay-off for this feature would correspond.

yes it is very frustrating why the warp tool hasn't been improved - especially since we are paying for rolling updates now. Christoph - I'm curious about your resistance to this topic? Maybe you have no need for this type of feature improvement for others it could be something used everyday on every image. As we have discussed - PW and Liquify are not able to manipulate images in the same way as Warp. Warp has very little controls available to it compared to PW and liquify. More control points, bezier controls and save/load mesh.

»Adding an option to add more points to the warp grid would be easy to do.«
And you base that statement on what?

»I personally don't understand why nobody thought of this or implemented this years ago and we still have to stick with workarounds.«
People have thought of this (as this thread seems to proof).
Why it has not been implemented only people who have worked for Adobe could say for sure, I guess, but they may not be at liberty to.

Puppet warp and liquify are no alternative to the warp tool.
Because the warp tool works with curves, you can easily create a page curl effect and use it on smart objects as well.
Puppet warp however uses polygons and behaves completely different, especially when you drag edges to the wrong direction. And liquify works on a pixel basis and softens and smears the picture.

Adding an option to add more points to the warp grid would be easy to do. I personally don't understand why nobody thought of this or implemented this years ago and we still have to stick with workarounds.

Well, I certainly would appreciate improvements for Warp, but the statement
»puppet warp - it doesn't really work«
does seem incorrect.
Puppet Warp does work, not as you would like it to it seems, but nonetheless ...

now that PS is a rolling updated subscription product - I want to ask - any update or timeline on finally improving the warp tool in free transform? By adding many more intersection lines (that the user can specify) or even better to have really precise control with bezier curves. I've repeatedly requested adding the bezier curves functionality to the liquify plug-in. That would be really helpful for real world tasks.
(please don't suggest puppet warp - it doesn't really work)