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Hi,

I've just started to try out the "stacks" feature.

It seemes that, once the stack has been formed on the screen, further manipulation is limited, f.i. :

opacity adjustment of the individual photos is not possible, nor is "Bring to front etc." ?

Any explanation would be very much appreciated, thanks.

 

Apart from that :

 

Adding the files to a stack is rather cumbersome : the Finder-window opens up in front of the Stack-window and conssequently hides it.

Moving either window is not possible.

That means that for each file to add, you have to go to Add>Finder>pick the file wanted>click open>and start the entire process anew.

Surely, drag & drop would be easier ? 

Should I post this question below to the "feature requests" part of the forum ?

Thanks in advance,

C.L.

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Hi catlover,

You can still manipulate individual layers on a stack although in a limited way. Click on the small arrow on the left of the stack layer's thumbnail to expand it, then select any layer and drag it to another position to change their order. Clicking on the Move to Front icon in the main toolbar should also work. What's not possible is to change the opacity/blend modes (change pixels in general) since the goal of the stack itself is to process several similar images as a group to achieve certain goals like reducing noise, removing objects from a group of similar photos etc

 

For general information about stacking please check Affinity Photo Help ▸ Stacking ▸ Image stacks

 

There's also a few video tutorial available showing how to use them:

Stacking: Noise Reduction

Stacking: Object Removal

Stacking: Exposure Merging

 

They can also be used for creative purposes. See:

Maximum Stacking

Stacking: Long Exposure Simulation

 

You can select/add multiple files at once from the New Stack dialog: click on the  Add button to open the Finder window then press and hold ⌘ (cmd) and click the files you want to add. If they are contiguous select the first file and then ⇧ (shift)-click the last one to select them all.

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