Ed5 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Hi I have been experiencing something that I am not quite sure why it is the case. When I have a layer selected and when I want to make an adjustment/change say brighten it, the entire image changes instead of just the layer. How do I do this so only the layer itself changes? If I have a png layer image that has opacity on some areas if I make changes on that image shouldn't it change that image only? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted November 21, 2017 Staff Share Posted November 21, 2017 Hi Ed5, If you place an adjustment (or live filter) layer on top of all the layers in the Layers panel, it will affect the whole layer stack (or the layers below it if it's located in the middle of the layer stack). If you want to affect only one layer, drag the adjustment (or live filter) layer over the thumbnail of the layer you want to affect to nest it there. This way it will only affect that specific layer. By default Affinity Photo adds new adjustments as independent layers so they affect everything below them, however you can change this behaviour going to menu View ▸ Assistant Manager... and changing the Adding adjustment layer to selection dropdown to Add adjustment as child layer which will nest them to the selected layer as i described above. Webworthy Design and V!nc3r 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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