loulouk Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I am following a tutorial where the instructor is using Affinity Designer on IPad. One step in her demo requires merging 5 pixel layers. On the IPad, the instructor selects the five layers, then opens the menu at the top of the layer studio, and clicks on "merge selected" . On my Mac, the menu at the top of the layer sudio looks entirely different. (Sorry,I can't take a screen shot because my screenshot app does not take pics of pop-ups.) It includes optons like "Auto-scroll", "Checkerboard background", "Small, medium or large thumbnails". I am working in Pixel persona. I looked in the main layer menu, but that does not have a "merge selected layers" either. Where is that option on the Mac version of Affinity Designer 1.9? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 On desktops, the menu with “Auto-scroll” etc. in it is the menu which controls the Layers Panel itself, not the layers within it. The iPad versions of the software work differently to the desktop versions in various ways. I think, but could be wrong, that the desktop versions of Designer don’t have the “Merge Selected” functionality but the desktop versions of Photo do, see attached screen-grabs. (I’m using Windows 10 but the Mac version might be different.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 The Mac version is the same Garry, no layer merge options so you have to go to edit in Photo... if Affinity Photo is installed. Draw Persona GarryP 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 If they're pixel layers, I believe this could be a workaround for merging them: First Group them, followed by a Rasterise… of the Group. The result basically is a merge of the pixel layers in the Group. firstdefence 1 Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.2) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.4 versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 minute ago, RNKLN said: If they're pixel layers, I believe this could be a workaround for merging them: First Group them, followed by a Rasterise… of the Group. The result basically is a merge of the pixel layers in the Group. Excellent workaround 👍 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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