About layer merging

[Jellyfish Watcher]

(1) Repeated merging with the layer below causes it to crash! Is there a memory leak?
(2) When repeatedly merging with the layer below, the merged original layer gradually blurs. Is there a default merging setting or can that setting be changed?
3) If I merge the visible layers, the problem 2) does not occur, but the number of merged layers increases by one, so I need to delete the layers before merging one by one. Is there any way to keep only one layer?
(4) After merging layers into one layer, when I select a part of the layer and copy it, the selected area is not copied entirely and there is a part of the layer that is not copied.
 

[EmT]

Hi @Jellyfish Watcher

Welcome to the forum.

I am struggling to recreate this, could you send a screen recording of these issue in action. 

Please could you also attach your crash report, the link below will advise you of the file location.  

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/98904-where-to-find-crash-reports/&tab=comments#comment-529428  

[RichardMH]

Do you have hardware acceleration turned on? If so try turning it off. Edit->Preferences->Peformance.

[walt.farrell]

On 8/26/2022 at 8:34 PM, Jellyfish Watcher said:

(2) When repeatedly merging with the layer below, the merged original layer gradually blurs. Is there a default merging setting or can that setting be changed?

That is often caused by having pixel layers that either (a) are mis-aligned with the pixel grid or (b) have a layer DPI different from the document DPI. Rasterizing the layer before merging it usually fixes that problem.

[Jellyfish Watcher]

On 2022/8/27 at 午後4時59分, EmT said:

やあ@クラゲウォッチャー

フォーラムへようこそ。

これを再現するのに苦労しています。これらの問題が実際に発生している画面の記録を送っていただけますか。 

クラッシュ レポートも添付していただけますでしょうか。下のリンクからファイルの場所がわかります。  

 

 For example, if I have processed the layers in detail, and the number of layers has increased, you can use "Merge View  Layers" to leave one layer and delete the other layers, then copy that one layer and paste it on top of the blacked-out layer to make it easier to see. If you copy a layer and paste it on top of the black fill, the entire copied area will not be selected, and there will be a blackout area, which is still affected during the layer processing.

(1) After editing an image layer by layer, use "Merge Visible Layers" to erase other layers and leave only one layer.
(2) Copy a part  do D#4 until D#5.
(3) Paste the copied image into the blacked-out area for clarity.
(4) As shown in the attached image, the data from when the image was edited remains in each layer, and the background is copied out, not in one layer.

 This is a simple example, but if you merge with the lower layer, the upper layer will be blurred, so you use "Merge Display Layers", but the part you want is not cut out, and copying does not go well, and I think it is not completely merged into one layer.

830f2ce3-f95e-4ed1-877f-4549499ec727.dmp

[Jellyfish Watcher]

On 2022/8/28 at 午後7時51分, walt.farrell said:

これは、多くの場合、(a) ピクセル グリッドとの位置合わせが正しくないか、(b) ドキュメント DPI とは異なるレイヤー DPI を持つピクセル レイヤーが原因で発生します。通常、レイヤーを結合する前にレイヤーをラスタライズすると、この問題は解決します。

Thank you very much.
I will try.

[Jellyfish Watcher]

On 2022/8/28 at 午後6時54分, RichardMH said:

ハードウェア アクセラレーションをオンにしていますか? その場合はオフにしてみてください。編集→設定→パフォーマンス。

Thank you very much.
I will try.