merge function is not merging

[srg]

the merge function do not function. See recording.

Mac book pro using Ventura 13.2.

 

[lepr]

Your adjustments are clip-nested.

A clip-nested adjustment/filter cannot be merged into the parent Pixel object.

A mask-nested adjustment/filter can be merged into the parent Pixel object.

[srg]

9 hours ago, ,,, said:

Your adjustments are clip-nested.

A clip-nested adjustment/filter cannot be merged into the parent.

A mask-nested adjustment/filter can be merged into the parent.

I have done the very same thing with version 1 for years. How is that possible?

 

[lepr]

20 minutes ago, srg said:

I have done the very same thing with version 1 for years. How is that possible?

Like you, I use a Mac, and version 1 and 2 are both as I described.

[srg]

On 2/3/2023 at 10:15 AM, ,,, said:

Like you, I use a Mac, and version 1 and 2 are both as I described.

I tried with a few files and sometimes is merges and sometimes no, in identical situations.

Hope Affinity will say something.

[lepr]

19 minutes ago, srg said:

I tried with a few files and sometimes is merges and sometimes no, in identical situations.

As far as I know, there are only two necessary conditions for the merge to work:

1. the parent is a Pixel object
2. the adjustment/filter is mask-nested (not clip-nested) in the parent

[srg]

26 minutes ago, ,,, said:

As far as I know, there are only two necessary conditions for the merge to work:

1. the parent is a Pixel object
2. the adjustment/filter is mask-nested (not clip-nested) in the parent

 

13 minutes ago, N.P.M. said:

Or as I said in the other thread.
Use merging visible as solution with just the visible layers as starting point, if the adjustment or filter isn't nested.
Or perhaps "rasterise" with nested adjustments(clipped or masked).

sometimes it merges and sometimes it does not. Can somebody explain where is the difference in the two screen recordings?

[srg]

2 minutes ago, N.P.M. said:

Easy and already said.
First one is merging a pixel layer.
Second one is not merging because it is an image layer.

and how you can see the difference? in those case everything was dine the same way

 

[lepr]

2 minutes ago, N.P.M. said:

Easy and already said.
First one is merging a pixel layer.
Second one is not merging because it is an image layer.

No, both are involving Pixel objects.

First is merging because the adjustment or filter is mask-nested in the Pixel object.

Second is not merging because the filter or adjustment is clip-nested nested in the Pixel object.

I already explained this how many times in this thread?

[lepr]

In case a reader is unaware:

• clip-nesting occurs when an object is dropped on the name area of an object in Layers panel
• mask-nesting occurs when an object is dropped on the thumbnail of an object in Layers panel, and a mask-nested row in the panel has a darker than normal background (or at least it does in the dark UI)

Edit: also, mask-nesting is the type of nesting that the Assistant can be set to perform automatically, based on selection, when a mask/filter/adjustment is added to the document.