momochan86 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I need to do this so I can make a pixel layer to add some texture without the various shapes showing lines/edges. I';ve succewssfully done this with the rest of the image as you can see in the attached photo. But those were all single shapes. I made this alien's body in 4 different shapes but I want them completely merged. I thought I could group them and add new pixel layer... but no matter where I place the pixel layer... it's just not right. How do I merge these 4 shapes into 1 shape? Not just group them. I feel like it's an obvious answer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momochan86 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Well... I ended up using the node tool to make the body shape into the single shape (and delete the collar and breast area shapes) ... not sure if that was the best way to go about it but it looks okay now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 If I understand what you want to do correctly, just select all four shapes & use Layer menu > Geometry > Add, or the Add button on the Operations section of the toolbar. KJ08, JRL, TrumpyAl and 3 others 4 2 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrumpyAl Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 On 7/30/2017 at 7:08 PM, R C-R said: If I understand what you want to do correctly, just select all four shapes & use Layer menu > Geometry > Add, or the Add button on the Operations section of the toolbar. Thanks RCR, this gave me the answer that I was looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Also look at Compound Shapes which allow easy adjustment of combined objects. Or use your group as a mask on the pixel layer (rather than nesting the pixel layer inside the group). 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...
Tr3b0r76 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 On 7/30/2017 at 11:08 AM, R C-R said: If I understand what you want to do correctly, just select all four shapes & use Layer menu > Geometry > Add, or the Add button on the Operations section of the toolbar. Awesome. Thanks JRL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappenin Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 On 6/15/2018 at 9:09 AM, Aammppaa said: Also look at Compound Shapes which allow easy adjustment of combined objects. Or use your group as a mask on the pixel layer (rather than nesting the pixel layer inside the group). Can you explain this in a little more detail? Like what the mask does beside the obvious-mask! More to why this works? I’m a novice with AD and am trying to learn more! TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I want to merge shapes - not group them, so I end up with a shape that is no longer the sum of numerous shapes that work as a compound. This video shows hows its done in AI, is it possible to do this in affinity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwEGB4YVe-c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 1 hour ago, magic said: I want to merge shapes - not group them, so I end up with a shape that is no longer the sum of numerous shapes that work as a compound. This video shows hows its done in AI, is it possible to do this in affinity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwEGB4YVe-c See the earlier answer by @R C-R in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RendCycle Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Got this answer from StackExchange which worked for me:"If there are 2 pixel layers. Select them both, group and then rasterize. The result is 1 pixel layer." Daniel Finch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 16 minutes ago, RendCycle said: Got this answer from StackExchange which worked for me:"If there are 2 pixel layers. Select them both, group and then rasterize. The result is 1 pixel layer." Well the initial theme is here about curves (vectors) in AD and not raster/bitmap layers, for the later you can also merge them into one. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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