Photo Layer Merge Problem

[Dandandan]

I'm new to Affinity Photo, so I'm still acclimating, but I'm having a problem with what's been a no-brainer in other editing environments. When I hit the Merge Visible command with all layers or no layers selected, I create a new layer. What am I doing wrong?

[Old Bruce]

24 minutes ago, Dandandan said:

When I hit the Merge Visible command with all layers or no layers selected, I create a new layer. What am I doing wrong?

Welcome to the forums.

You are doing nothing wrong. That is what Affinity has decided Merge Visible means. Merge the visual information into a new Pixel layer. There are going to be other things that seem wrong, feel free to ask about them. After searching the forums of course. [smiley face emoticon]

There is (in Photo only) the Flatten document menu command which will give you a single layer instead of the dozens of layers you currently have.

[Dandandan]

Flatten did it, of course, thanks for that and for explaining what was going on with the new layer.
Back to editing!