karumba Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 is it currently possible to rasterize multiple elements at once? when i select multiple layers, only one layer is rasterized, as shown in the animated gif. i know that i could group the 3 elements, but i need them individually rasterized. ashf, GRAFKOM and Aammppaa 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 12, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hi karumba, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) As far as i know this is not possible. Thanks for your feedback. I'm moving this thread to the Feature Requests section. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_M Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Yes, please! This is in important feature. :) Aammppaa, malayali and Daniel Dube 3 Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 for Windows ◾ OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 ver. 22H2 ◾ CPU: AMD Ryzen 7950X 16-core ◾ RAM: 64 GB DDR5-6400 ◾ GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Suprim X 24GB / driver 526.98 ◾ NVMe SSD Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB ◾ Monitors: 2x Eizo ColorEdge CS2420 24" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 If you take the second it takes to group the selected objects you desire to convert to a bitmap, it then works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 12, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 12, 2017 @ MikeW, If you group them and rasterise it, all the individual layers will become a single pixel layer. The OP wants to keep them as individual rasterised layers. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karumba Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Hi karumba, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) As far as i know this is not possible. Thanks for your feedback. I'm moving this thread to the Feature Requests section. thanks for the warm welcome! i'm already loving the designer (it already replaced PS CS 5.5). btw, yesterday the work book came - lovely! :) thanks for moving it to the feature request forum. background for what i'm using the rasterize effect: i'm exporting a UI design together with all PNGs also to SVG. the SVG then stores all names of the PNGs and additionally the final positions and sizes, so its quite easy to parse it for further usage (here c++) without manually transfering positions of the assets. nice time saver! (was using PNG Express in PS before, but its not as comfortable). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_after Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 +1 for this feature. Sometimes I need to make a project from 100 pasted layers. I need to crop them and rasterize them all before I export them as slices - it works great, but rasterizing layers one by one is quite slow, we could use an improvement. Daniel Dube 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Came across this today - I too would benefit from some refinement to the rasterize action… Would like to have the option to Rasterize multiple objects to a single pixel layer or individual layers. Sometimes it is not practical to group a series of objects, which would allow the current work around. I also notice that a Vector Layer, can't be Rasterized, but a group can… why not? Also an option to keep the original vector objects, and create a Rasterized copy. Finally, some insight or control into the format use for the Rasterized image - what DPI is used? Can I override this? Perhaps I am hoping for too much from this function and should instead be using the Export Persona, then Placing the results back into my file. I am coming to AD from Xara Designer which does support many of the requests above. Thanks. Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgoram Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Found a work-around for the absence of this much needed & highly desired feature. Write a macro for this and record the following: Rasterize > Set current selection. (2 steps) This provides a 1-click solution (press 'play' button) without having to go into menus or right clicking each layer causing multiple steps. I too import loads of layers at a time, and manually rasterizing each separate layer without a bulk option is too tedious. Daniel Dube, Alex_M and IPv6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_M Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 On 8/9/2018 at 1:46 AM, Virgoram said: Found a work-around for the absence of this much needed & highly desired feature. Write a macro for this and record the following: Rasterize > Set current selection. (2 steps) This provides a 1-click solution (press 'play' button) without having to go into menus or right clicking each layer causing multiple steps. I too import loads of layers at a time, and manually rasterizing each separate layer without a bulk option is too tedious. I recorded a macro with the same steps, but it doesn't seem to work. It rasterizes only 1 of all the layers I've selected. Can you kindly export the macro and share it? Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 for Windows ◾ OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 ver. 22H2 ◾ CPU: AMD Ryzen 7950X 16-core ◾ RAM: 64 GB DDR5-6400 ◾ GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Suprim X 24GB / driver 526.98 ◾ NVMe SSD Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB ◾ Monitors: 2x Eizo ColorEdge CS2420 24" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daibhidh Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Quote I recorded a macro with the same steps, but it doesn't seem to work. It rasterizes only 1 of all the layers I've selected. Can you kindly export the macro and share it? The suggested macro works for me. I rasterized the top layer, then selected the layer below. I got an option to add select layer below to the macro. Then I just kept playing the macro until I reached the bottom layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm933 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Definitely need - I use Affinity for collage work and it is a giant pain to have to have to rasterize 20 layers! Even better would be the option to bring in images as pixel layers rather than have to covert them after importing. I was however, able to create Alex_M's macro. When you move to the next, it's important to tick "one layer below" in the dialog box that pops up during macro creation. Thanks. Edited June 8, 2021 by hm933 Daniel Dube 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Vote for this. Daniel Dube 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilyara Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Vote for this+ Daniel Dube 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.