dmullin2 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Is there a way to merge multiple layers into one layer? Thanks Clara Montseny, Pnp and HughLee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 17, 2014 Staff Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi dmullin2, Welcome to Affinity Forums, [EDITED] There isn't a merge command like in Photoshop, but as a workaround you can group them and go to menu Layer -> Rasterize... Currently (as of version 1.3.4) there's no Merge commands available in Affinity Designer. Clara Montseny and HughLee 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerman2000 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 AD: Group then Rasterize = PS: Flatten selection/CMD+E edee and Márton Lente 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 There is Merge Visible, CMD+SHIFT+ALT+E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nammr Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 My way 1. Select your layers -> 2. Right click -> 3. Geometry -> 4. Add Daniel Finch and adirusf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiltsLady Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I tried "Group then Rasterise" but the quality is rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, WiltsLady said: I tried "Group then Rasterise" but the quality is rubbish. That's rather vague. How about a screenshot, and some more information about the problem. Maybe even a sample file if you can share. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiltsLady Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I am trying to reduce the size of a flyer that has five images in it. I am exporting to pdf for the printer and coming up with a 44mb file that their email package wouldn't accept. I tried the various suggestions above but the only one that worked at all was "Group then Rasterise" (I don't know what the "=PS" means in the above post?). When I checked the quality of the pdf it was very poor quality in comparison to the original file. The new file was 8mb. I didn't keep the output since I wasn't going to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Finch Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 On 2/22/2017 at 2:52 PM, nammr said: My way 1. Select your layers -> 2. Right click -> 3. Geometry -> 4. Add Well, this is certainly a good work around however what happens if you want one element a different colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkaO Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 On 9/17/2014 at 6:54 PM, MEB said: Hi dmullin2, Welcome to Affinity Forums, [EDITED] There isn't a merge command like in Photoshop, but as a workaround you can group them and go to menu Layer -> Rasterize... Currently (as of version 1.3.4) there's no Merge commands available in Affinity Designer. I know that trick very well. And yes it works works properly. But sometime I wish I had that command like in Photoshop. Especially when i handle with large amount of layers and its irritating that the command "merge down" exist but not a equivalent. It´s just nip-picking but I would really like to see a command like "merge selection" ore so on. Krustysimplex and kqx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel foly Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 On 9/6/2019 at 2:34 AM, SkaO said: I know that trick very well. And yes it works works properly. But sometime I wish I had that command like in Photoshop. Especially when i handle with large amount of layers and its irritating that the command "merge down" exist but not a equivalent. It´s just nip-picking but I would really like to see a command like "merge selection" ore so on. Hi dmullin2, look I have done it eb Affinity Photo selecting all the layers to merge and from the visible layer / merge menu, it is very similar to photoshop, but here you merge all the layers in a single image leaving the same layers editable. I hope my answer helps you and whatever you are looking for, Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neococo Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 I selected all the objects in layer 2, then cut them, right click and delete layer 2. then go into layer 1 and paste. everything should be in the same layer now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maakbow Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I want to destructively raster several objects. Is there a merge selected rather than merge visible??? It is impractical and slow to have to hide a whole lot of layers to merge. I don't care if it keeps the original object as i can always delete them if I'm confident to commit to that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 8 hours ago, maakbow said: Is there a merge selected rather than merge visible??? Yes, it's in Layer menu. It should merge into the lowest selected layer in the stack, regardless of order of selection, but there is a bug in the current version where the first selected becomes the destination of the merge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyorgey Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 I selected all the layers I wanted to merge, went to the top menu bar and clicked Layer, then went to Geometry, and clicked "merge curves" and now they seem to be on the same layer. Does this help? I still seem able to edit with the node tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chef Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 You cant merge layers without a work around. LMFAO. Im finding more short comings of this software every time i use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E. Main Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Although great value for the money, I find more and more very annoying 'features' or lack thereof. This rasterizing does not work to meet my needs. I need to stitch many images together then to trace fro vector layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 2 hours ago, D.E. Main said: I need to stitch many images together File > New Panoramaaffinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/Panorama/panorama_stitching.html Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILA_delmar Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 On 3/22/2019 at 6:36 PM, Mark Clifford said: Well, this is certainly a good work around however what happens if you want one element a different colour? If i group , go to geoetry and add.... my layers dissapear. Please help i need to merge them into one shape without it being pixelated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILA_delmar Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 If i group it and then go to geometry and add.... my shapes dissapear. Please help, im using afffinity Ipad and i need all my shapes to become one shape without pixelating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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