NJPhotog Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Hello, I'm still learning AP and trying to get used to all it can do ... it'll be a long time before I can say I'm somewhat comfortable. But one of the software programs I use just came out with plug in capability for AP along with a couple of other photo programs. I am trialing it for the moment and opened AP, did some adjustments in it and then opened the plug in program. I noticed that unless I merged the adjustments that the plug in sees the non edited photo. I tried attaching the adjustments under the background layer (I think this is called being a child adjustment) but it still only sees the non edited photo. I learning to use AP for layer work and having the plug in might be nice to use at times. Is this the way a plugin works in Photo? Am I missing something? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Most if not all plugins require a rasterised layer, they will not understand the adjustments layer and if you want to see the image with the adjustments applied you will need to merge down or merge visible. Merge visible is a lossless process and will combine any visible layer and produce a combined image layer above all the original layers without affecting any other layers Merge down, will bake the adjustment layer into the image, the adjustment layer will be merged permanently with the image, so you wouldn't be able to edit the adjustment layer anymore. You can of course make a duplicate of the image layer and the adjustment layer and merge down the duplicate and open that in the plugin, while still retaining the original image and adjustment layer to edit at a later date. https://affinity.help/photo/English.lproj/pages/LayerOperations/merge.html NJPhotog 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...
NJPhotog Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 Thanks for that! I didn't even think of using a "stamped" layer which sounds like merge visible is. Makes a lot of sense. Thanks again!! firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJPhotog Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 firstdefense, I tried the merge visible and It worked as you said it would! Thanks for the help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 1 hour ago, NJPhotog said: firstdefense, I tried the merge visible and It worked as you said it would! Thanks for the help!! You're welcome. 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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