Guys.
When are we finally getting a Unified Transform tool for Krita?
It should’ve been included/implemented since many years ago for real.
It’s also the equivalent of the chained transform I used to talk about.
It combines multiple operations into one : scale, perspective, rotate ,shearing, warping, skewing, distorting and warping.
How long again before we get ours?
What are you talking about?
As far as I can tell there is a transform tool. A unified one.
So please give us a detailed explanation, why the current one is lacking or what you want specifically.
Cheers!
Pretty sure something like CSP (hold a modifier key to change the transform type)
Sorry, I still have no idea what should be implemented.
I think he mentioned the old post back in 2021
When? A decade for a functional text tool since Krita 3, so I guess another decade
I will enlighten you so that you can understand.
Please check the following video for an example of Unified transform tool( combines
move, rotate, scale, shear, perspective into a single operation ) :
It really would be a shame to wait a decade for something like that.
Let me pursue again by showing how Photoshop’s free transform tool work.
It also does have a form of Unified Transform Tool.
In the case of Photoshop, the transform operations combined are :
Scale, Skew, Distort, Rotate, Perspective and Warp, all into a single major operation.
Let me apply so you can see, with pictures. Pay attention to the transform UI carefully.
Initial pixel data :
While in scale mode, I can press and hold CTRL to switch to
Distort mode and do the following :
I can then right click, and go into skew mode to do the following :
I can then right click for the context menu again, and go into warp mode, and do the following:
I can then manipulate the pixel in warp mode to the following. And we’re still
using the Unified Transform tool. It’s not over :
When I switch back to scale, this is what the transform UI becomes :
I can then switch to perspective mode to do this next operation :
And when I am satisfied, I just press “ENTER”.
The final result of the pixel data manipulation, with a Unified Transform Tool or a Transform
Tool which combines a few operations into a single one :
This is what a Unified Transform Tool provides in terms of workflow or function.
Oh, so like a permanent transform “event” until you hit enter
Interesting (first time I hear about it though)
By what I’ve shown, it becomes obvious, that Krita still doesn’t have a unified transform tool.
It’s been a decade.
So it is like the transform tool, but with all tool-options combined into one? I don’t get it. You can already scale, rotate and skew with the normal transform tool. And accept it with return. And if you want you can change to perspective transformation. Or into the net transformation. Or into liquifiy…
Is the difference you want, that you can switch between the transform-tool-modes without committing your last transformation of another mode?
Not all! No.
Just a series of a few select ones.
Now if you still don’t get it, it’s okay.
You’re just not familiar enough with editing softwares such as Photoshop,
Affinity Photo or Gimp.
The select ones :
Rotate, scale, shear/skew, distort, perspective and warp,
Liquify will be separate operation in itself, which can not be combined
with these others and requires commitment with ENTER before the
next transform operation.
If you’re still unsure, make a test in Photosho, GIMP or even Clip Studio.
Clip Studio features a Unified Transform Tool as well.
Honestly, novames00, this constant demanding that krita hurries up “before another decade” is really unnecessary. It won’t make it come any faster and just makes you look like a troll trying to start something.
There’s a difference between demanding “when” a feature would be added and to “hurry up before another decade”. And I don’t care if you think I am a troll. That is not my intent.
My intent was to remind the community( and especially the Krita team ) that Krita still lacks
a “unified transform tool”. Which would be an upgrade to the transform tool we currently possess.
On second notice, I almost forgot that it’s a feature which will come only to Krita 5.3.x, 5.4.x or
6.x.
But anyway. This thread can serve as additional use case and perhaps renaming the feature in
question. Before I used a term like “Chained Transform”.
Though “Unified Transform” seems more appropriate.
My intent was to remind the community( and especially the Krita team ) that Krita still lacks
a “unified transform tool”.
This is the very line that gets me still thinking you’re trolling, coming in here demanding krita specifically have a very specific tool like GIMP or photoshop on their dime right now to cater to you. Why not just use GIMP or photoshop if this functionality is so important until then?
It’s pretty useful feature. But when asking for features, it is better not to expect too much. The team has severely limited resources. If someone needs a feature and Krita doesn’t have it, it is preferable to use an another better software. Judge a software by its present state, not future.
I guess the devs have already seen this and maybe in their backlogs. (Just my 2 cents) 
I haven’t seen any comments from the devs indicating that it’s going to be worked on (tell me if I missed a comment).
If everyone who wants it adds their vote, it will give an indication to the devs that this is important to the community. At this moment there are only 2 votes.
If you desperately want to make the devs taking notice of this, you must create a wishbug at bugs.kde.org, you are strongly advised to create it following the guidelines laid out in the manual. Think that you are the one asking for something, so a demanding tone may be contra productive.
Michelist
