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After working normaly with vector graphics, since last weeks I'm working with raster graphics, so got working in Photo again. Just to be surprised to see that just merging two pixel layers isn't working without extreme quality loss; creating a blurry result which makes the result unusable. Searching on this forum I found the following threads with people having the same issues, some of them dating years back, but most of them on MacOS (see below). I'm working on Windows, but that so many people already asked for a fix to this core feature has even upped my surprise, because it's obviously still not working as supposed to after years. There is some workaround described by some in these threads, which goes something like 'rasterize first before merging', but next to my layers already being aligned rasters (pixel layers), it still doesn't work without blurryness when merging after rasterizing them first. Just look at the video below; it makes me a little sad 😢 to conclude there doesn't seem to be a way to just merge two layers which, forgive me if I'm wrong, are both just an array of pixel values that need to be merged together one by one. I really don't get why this should even go through whatever process that could cause this, as for instance anti-aliasing isn't even needed as we're working with two pixel layers where pixels are on the exact same spot (coming from the exact same input raster graphic and never been moved nor scaled, so all the pixels align exactly on the same spot and the topleft pixel is the first pixel. There shouldn't be any issue merging these IMO). Please Serif, last thing I'd like to do is push developers or be rude, but could you please raise the priority on this core function, especially because this issue has been open for so long obviously? For a raster editing program I would expect this to just work tbh. Thanks in advance! 😀 Merge-Issue-Photo-2.mp4 ,

I've been meaning to ask this months and then keep forgetting until it crops up again ..... and again .......and ....... How does Merge Selected in AP work? Reading the help files and searching these forums, as far as I can tell, it is supposed to merge multiply selected image layers be they continuous (Shift selected) or discontinuous (Cmd Selected). However if I select layers in this manner and then try to merge them I can't because Merge Selected is greyed. Examples attached. In fact I can't recall ever having seen this menu item in shining white! What am I missing here please? EDIT >>>>>>> I've just noticed that in the example I have posted I am in a locked group. Strangely I don't think that's the problem but I will go and check right now.