Svitlana Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Hi people! I'm new to digital painting. Could you please advice! I created around 13 vector pictures in Affinity Photo, each has a lot of layers. When I try to put them together on one vector canvas I can't paste them (too many layers looks like they are too heavy). I believe I have to merge the vector layers in each pic, but when I do "Merge Visible" AFPhoto merges it into a pixel layer. As I understand if I copy the pixel layers into one vector file the images inside won't be truly vector. So how can I combine many vector pics on one vector canvas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I really have no idea, as I never do vector images but try... Layer > Geometry > Merge Curves Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 10 hours ago, Svitlana said: When I try to put them together on one vector canvas I can't paste them (too many layers looks like they are too heavy) What is happening here? I think you should be able to copy-paste quite a lot of layers/objects. You might want to try grouping each vector bunch and copying-pasting those groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svitlana Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Fixx said: What is happening here? I think you should be able to copy-paste quite a lot of layers/objects. You might want to try grouping each vector bunch and copying-pasting those groups. Here I copy the group of layers to the canvas, and when I add the 6th pic (group of layers) everything becomes super slow with "loading" icon. Resizing and moving them takes forever. So I can't continue adding the rest of pics. Is that only me struggling with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svitlana Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 7 hours ago, carl123 said: I really have no idea, as I never do vector images but try... Layer > Geometry > Merge Curves Thanks for advice, but "Merge Curves" is inactive for me for some reason... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I think you may need to go into the group and select all the "curves" you want to merge Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svitlana Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 11 minutes ago, carl123 said: I think you may need to go into the group and select all the "curves" you want to merge Thanks! Still have some troubles: "Merge Curves " becomes active when I select layers inside the group, but does something strange (see the screenshot attached) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 You may need to upload that document to let some of the Vector people have a look at it Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svitlana Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, carl123 said: You may need to upload that document to let some of the Vector people have a look at it Thanks! Here is the file. Will appreciate much if someone can take a look! Edited October 26, 2020 by Svitlana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 26, 2020 Staff Share Posted October 26, 2020 Hi @Svitlana, Welcome to Affinity Forums You can't merge curves/paths with different attributes (fill, stroke, transparency etc) with the Merge curves command. If you do it, all objects will get the attributes of the bottom object in that selection. The best you can do in this case is simply to group the objects as you see fit (as you did already in the attached document) and eventually lock the group in the Layers panel if you don't want to move it accidentally on canvas. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svitlana Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 @MEB thanks... possibly will try to free some memory to speed up the AFPhoto when combining pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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