johndmoulton Posted March 9, 2023 Posted March 9, 2023 Hi All, Several times now, after grouping layers, I find that they have later become flattened! Is something I'm doing causing this. I am certainly not selecting them for 'Merge Selected' (etc). Thanking you in advance.. Quote
Staff Callum Posted March 9, 2023 Staff Posted March 9, 2023 Hi Johndmoulton, If you are able to reproduce this please could you tell me which operations you are performing in the app and also tell me what appears in the history panel once your group has been flattened? Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP.
johndmoulton Posted March 10, 2023 Author Posted March 10, 2023 Hi Cullum. Hate to say this, but I haven't buttoned down exactly when it occurs. I just find a need to break open a previously created group only to find it's now flat! Must also admit, I have never delved into 'History'. I really do need to look into that as I'm hoping that I can then select actions to delete. Problem is, this month I'm on a deadline and have very little time for tutorials other than short snippets. Sorry! BTW: Two more groups 'flattened' tonight! NOTE: Affinity Photo2. 2022 24" M1 Mac Desktop. Wacom Tablet. Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 10, 2023 Posted March 10, 2023 Can you clarify what you mean by a group being flattened? And perhaps show a screenshot, including the Layers panel with it visible? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
johndmoulton Posted March 10, 2023 Author Posted March 10, 2023 By 'flattened', I mean the layers are gone without me taking any action I am aware of. Attached is a toad I'm working on where you can see the layers: A base colour, His chest, his patches, his bumps and his backpack. The kitten (also a WIP) was build the same way: Base colour, patches, hair etc - but now it's all one (flattened) image - no layers. In the case of the kitten, I may want to change the base coat colour a little or add a shading layer between the base and the fur - but now I can't. Hence the question. Other than 'Layer/Merge Selected' (which I'm definitely NOT doing) what unknown action could I be taking, unintended keyboard shortcut for example, that is causing this? walt.farrell 1 Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 10, 2023 Posted March 10, 2023 41 minutes ago, johndmoulton said: Hence the question. Other than 'Layer/Merge Selected' (which I'm definitely NOT doing) what unknown action could I be taking, unintended keyboard shortcut for example, that is causing this? Well, Rasterize would also do it, if you have a shortccut set for that. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
johndmoulton Posted March 11, 2023 Author Posted March 11, 2023 Hi Walt: That's true - but I don't know how to create shortcuts - yet! BUT HEY, I THINK I HAVE CAPTURED THE MOMENT IN 'HISTORY' BUT I STILL DON'T SEE IT! OK Here goes: The screenshot with the horizontal circle is the moment I spotted the group had flattened, so I hit Ctrl-Z and the layers re-appeared - so - as suggested, I opened up 'History' to view the 'recorded' moment - but frankly, in my ignorance, I don't see what's causing it - do you? So grateful for your input. John. Quote
lepr Posted March 11, 2023 Posted March 11, 2023 4 hours ago, johndmoulton said: I don't see what's causing it Many raster tools such as Burn Brush (but not Paint Brush) will provoke automatic rasterisation of a Group by default, but that can be changed (see later). A short-lived alert from the Assistant will appear at top-right of the document view when that happens, unless you have disabled alerts in the preferences for Assistant. To prevent that automatic rasterisation, set the action for 'Other brushes on vector layers' to 'Take no action' as shown below, or completely disable Assistant. debraspicher and walt.farrell 2 Quote
johndmoulton Posted March 11, 2023 Author Posted March 11, 2023 ''' Thanks for this, Job done and fingers crossed! Quote
lepr Posted March 11, 2023 Posted March 11, 2023 11 minutes ago, johndmoulton said: ''' Thanks for this, Job done and fingers crossed! You're welcome and good luck! Quote
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