Grimsy

@carl123 It works, so software somehow bugs out rasterising when merging multiple layers like that. IMO Merge should also include rasterize for each layer so it doesn't blur like that. I guess there's no reason not to patch this.

If it really is something like a bug I'm looking forward to upcoming updates. Excluding this issue, Affinity was a relief for my work and I cannot really imagine coming back to soft I used before. GL

@MEB Hello, I enabled Force Pixel Alignment (with Move By Whole Pixel off) and tested it with more, freshly imported pictures. I realized merging pictures 1. Affinity Shape 2. Affinity Paint Brush 3. 2 random google pictures without resizing them made Merge Selected 100% accurate. However if I resize a single google picture and then Merge Selected, I get blurry image and that is my problem. My goal is to stop Affinity from completely destroying original sharpness and completely skip any Transform Panel workaround which slows my workflow. In the video I show merging without resize and then with resize. 2020-03-20_14-45-33.mp4 mergeexample2.afphoto

Thank you for responses. @firstdefence Yes, merge visible seems to be working exactly how it should, yet when I have e.g. larger project file with 30+ layers-groups, function Merge Selected feature is essential, so I don't have to constantly hide rest of the layers when I want to merge just 2 of them. @GarryP If feels like there is some automatization missing in this, because what is it for user if he has to do this all the time. I often import images from google, edit them and import them to my project file where I usually want to merge them with others. Is it expected to machinate with Transform Panel everytime I do this? What's also weird for me is that something like Force Pixel Alignment or Move By Whole Pixels have zero effect on this. Edit: Few typos

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/106907-layer-merge-selected-creates-blurry-image/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/56935-blur-image-issue-after-merging-layers/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/12715-unwanted-blurring-when-merging-pixel-layers/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/53609-merging-layers-causing-blurring/page/4/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/39014-blurry-merge-layers/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/104155-merging-a-layer-down-applies-blur-aff-photo/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/59675-merged-down-layers-are-blured/ Used this software for photo editing at first without any significant problems. Recently when I moved into more pixel transforming/merging workflow thanks to my job I'm constantly annoyed by this. Well known bug/unnatural design that people we're reporting for YEARS now still not fixed. When you merge 2 images by Layers/Merge Selected, both images get blurry and unusuable. It is really that hard to make it actually just MERGE without making both merged images look DIFFERENT than before merging? Why overcomplicate things when you can surely implement some automatization that make this basic feature function without working with transform panel all the time? mergeexample.afphoto