Adjust levels permanently

[YURII]

Hello, 

in PS if I select any pixel layer and press cmd+L I'm able to adjust levels of the particular layer permanently, how to achieve  this in Affinity?

Thank you!

[dmstraker]

Same in Affinity. Ctrl-L (or Layer/New Adjustment Layer/Levels Adjustment). Tweak as you like. Then if you want to make it permanent, click Merge on the top of the Levels dialog. Otherwise you can click on the top-right 'X' to dismiss the box. Note that a Levels layer is left in the Layers panel. You can later come back and tweak it again by double-clicking on the Levels icon. Affinity is really great for non-destructive editing!

[MEB]

Hi YURII,

I believe you mean access the Levels dialog to adjust them whenever you want. If that's the case double-clicking the Levels Adjustment's thumbnail in the Layers panel will open the Levels dialog again.

[YURII]

What I meant was what @dmstraker said, but merging Levels in layer from the start. Now if I choose Levels and adjust it, it transforms all other layers until I clip it or merge with layer I try to adjust

[MEB]

Sorry, i misunderstood your question. There's no way to have it merged permanently from the begining other than clicking the Merge button as @dmstraker detailed or rasterising the layer with the adjustment nested, clipped or grouped with the pixel layer.

[Fixx]

To target levels adjustment only to one layer you need to nest it with that layer. You can add levels layer first and drag it then in to the target layer to nest it. After that you can rasterize target layer to make levels adjustment permanent (but why bother? It will be flattened anyway if you export to TIF for example.)

There is no destructive levels tool in AP, you have to go non-destructive way, (unless auto-levels is good enough, it is destructive and applied to layer directly).

[toltec]

2 minutes ago, Fixx said:

To target levels adjustment only to one layer you need to nest it with that layer. You can add levels layer first and drag it then in to the target layer to nest it. After that you can rasterize target layer to make levels adjustment permanent (but why bother? It will be flattened anyway if you export to TIF for example.)

There is no destructive levels tool in AP, you have to go non-destructive way, (unless auto-levels is good enough, it is destructive and applied to layer directly).

 

Well, unless you click on Merge on the Adjustment layer panel as dmstraker said.

[Fixx]

to nitpick, non-destructive way it is until you rasterize or merge. 

[R C-R]

23 hours ago, YURII said:

Now if I choose Levels and adjust it, it transforms all other layers until I clip it or merge with layer I try to adjust

Adjustment layers will affect only the parent layer if they are nested as a child layer in it. You can set the Assistant Manager to nest an adjustment layer in a selected layer automatically: