WTF How to Make from 2 layers one?

[danilo]

I'm really pissed, the simplest functions don't work. Select two planes and press Control and E. Finished. Not with Affinity Photo: nothing happens there. The documentation doesn't help, and tutorials can be forgotten. One last try before I switch back to Photoshop because Affinity Photo turns a 5 minute job into a 3 hour problem.

[walt.farrell]

You have Image (Bild) layers, not Pixel layers. Try Rasterizing them by using (for each individually) Layer > Rasterize from the menu,  or by right-clicking in the Layers panel and choosing Rasterize.

[danilo]

5 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

You have Image (Bild) layers, not Pixel layers. Try Rasterizing them by using (for each individually) Layer > Rasterize from the menu,  or by right-clicking in the Layers panel and choosing Rasterize.

Yes its Images (Bild) means Pixels. All are imported png's

[walt.farrell]

Just now, danilo said:

Yes its Images (Bild) means images. All are imported png's

And have you tried Rasterizing them?

Photo is not a Photoshop clone, and there are many functions you will need to learn about to use it successfully. Image layers are just one of them.

[danilo]

This seems was the trouble, why it does not match automatic? Crazy.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, danilo said:

why it does not match automatic?

As I said, you need to learn about Image layers. They are a kind of container, and maintain more information about the image you pasted in than a Pixel layer would maintain. But when you want to operate on the pixels, you need to Rasterize them.

[Fixx]

There is valid reason why Photo should not merge image layers. After all, it merges image layers happily if you select "Merge Visible" or "Flatten".

[danilo]

On 3/28/2022 at 12:19 PM, Hens said:

So instead of CTRL+E
use CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+E or change this shortcut to your liking in the preferences

This does not work so far. 

[danilo]

2 hours ago, Hens said:

It does create a new pixel layer of the 2 image layers,true.
Alternatively you could group the 2 png files>rasterise but this also becomes a single pixellayer.
Only in publisher you can make a single image resource of the pixellayer or you need to export the pixellayer to an image format.
 

Of course, that became clear in the course of the discussion.