MG2
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MG2 reacted to R C-R in Stamp Layer?
Merge Visible is also available by right-clicking on any layer in the Layers panel, or via a keyboard shortcut. The default shortcut in the Mac version of AP is awkward 4 key combination Option-Shift-CMD-E, so if you use it often you might want to change it to something else.
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MG2 reacted to smadell in Stamp Layer?
Apologies to Robin Whalley, but this function has (and still is) available from the beginning. Under the Layer menu, simply choose Merge Visible. Affinity Photo will create a new pixel layer which incorporates the entirety of your layer stack, essentially merging all of the visible layers into a single pixel layer. If you're interested in preserving all of the non-destructive edits, but don't want to wait for them to be re-computed and re-drawn with each subsequent editing change, you can create a Merge Visible layer and then turn OFF all of the layers underneath it.
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MG2 reacted to Robin Whalley in Stamp Layer?
The Stamp Layer is a layer that consolidates all the other layers in the image into one new pixel layer. It's never been available as a menu command which is why I recommend learning the shortcut keys. You can though achieve the same things using two steps in the menu. In the Edit meny seelct "Copy Merge" which copies all the layers in the image onto the clipboard and consolidates them. You can then use Edit and Paste to paste the clipboard as a new layer in the image.
I recommend doing this if you ever need to apply a change to the image that's going to be destructive. That way if you go wrong, you can throw away the layer and try again.