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SiquieriZX
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May 6, 2020
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How can i move a handle in warp tool without moving the handles around it?

  • May 6, 2020
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I was using the new warp tool featured in Adobe Photoshop CC 2020, but i can't seen to move only one handle without distorting the other around.

 

See, when i try to move the right randle, automatically all other handles "twist" around it.

 

    Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

    Unfortunately this behaviour (that non-corner points’ handles snap to 90˚ angles when one of them is moved) is just how it is for the moment. 

    In my opinion this outweighs the improvements of being able to add grid lines. 

     

    I posted a Feature Request on this a while back, feel free to add your vote if you agree with my point. 

    https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/photoshop-cc2020-the-handles-of-the-warp-non-corner-points-still-snap-to-90-angles-on-editing

     

    For more meaningful control you could try using Illustrator’s Envelope Distort, but that round-trip is naturally inconvenient. 

     

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    km71906051
    km71906051
    Inspiring
    April 15, 2022

    I think you mean you want to move the handles independently from one another in warp transform? You can do that by right clicking on the node and selecting "Convert warp anchor point". I actually came here to find out how to do that, but just discovered it while messing around with it. I'm using Photoshop 2022.

      nealbridgens
      nealbridgens
      Inspiring
      April 15, 2022

      Oh good grief, they did an excellent job of hiding that. Still, very helpful. Could have used it a week ago.

      That said, even with that it's still a very different behaviour than the same basic thing with illustrator's warp mesh tool. There the control points work in pairs across the control point instead of in quads all four (or as independents when you "Convert warp anchor point").

      I find it much more intuitive and much better for warping for things like mapping 2d elements onto 3d objects (like adding a label to a product shot) or straightening out things like photos of books pages. The quad warp just messes things up and creates waves that I don't find useful for much.

        c.pfaffenbichler
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        c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        April 16, 2022

        Unfortunately I agree; Photoshop’s recent Warp changes did, in my opinion, miss the point of the Feature Requests … 

          c.pfaffenbichler
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          c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
          Community Expert
          May 6, 2020

          Unfortunately this behaviour (that non-corner points’ handles snap to 90˚ angles when one of them is moved) is just how it is for the moment. 

          In my opinion this outweighs the improvements of being able to add grid lines. 

           

          I posted a Feature Request on this a while back, feel free to add your vote if you agree with my point. 

          https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/photoshop-cc2020-the-handles-of-the-warp-non-corner-points-still-snap-to-90-angles-on-editing

           

          For more meaningful control you could try using Illustrator’s Envelope Distort, but that round-trip is naturally inconvenient. 

           

            nealbridgens
            nealbridgens
            Inspiring
            July 5, 2020

            Thanks for posting this. Terrible behavior. No ability to skew, just make weird wavy warps. 

            Back to doing the warp inIllustrator and bringing it back and forth. 

            Please fix Adobe!!!

             

            Edit (now I'm not rushing to get a job out):

            This feels like so many Adobe odd behaviours where they solve a problem in one product (in this case Ai) and then reinvent the wheel in another. I've been using the warp in illustrator on images since before there were smart objects (it was then the only way to reproduce the same warp on multiple images - I'd use it for product mockups where the artwork was evolving and/or had multiple skus). 
            The warp tool in illustrator has been excellent for more than a decade. So when they want to update the photoshop warp tool they made a whole new tool with its own limitations and odd behaviours. This slows down workflows and increases learning curves. 
            It feels much to me like the near random changes in constraint behaviour between apps (I've been using InDesign a bit lately after an absence and I feel like every time I want to scale something I am just randomly mashing the keyboard until I get the behaviour I want - and I've used and avocated for InDesign since it was PageMaker). 
            Okay, there's my little Adobe vent. No biggie, just wish they would do better. 
            Thanks. 
            N. 

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