radimkacer Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Is there an option how to merge selected layers and don't crop them to document size? (Desktop Mac, same is for iPad) Thank Radim ggt667 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Probably NO, in order to keep their sizes grouping or compounding preserves initial layer sizes. 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...
walt.farrell Posted March 2, 2019 Share Posted March 2, 2019 Why would one want layers (whether merged or not) that are larger than the document size? ggt667 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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radimkacer Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 1 minute ago, >|< said: You could have a non-destructively cropped document and wish to merge layers without destructively cropping. In Photoshop is this normal function when you want to merge layers. Would be nice to have it in Affinity Photo too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radimkacer Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 13 minutes ago, v_kyr said: Probably NO, in order to keep their sizes grouping or compounding preserves initial layer sizes. thanks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 9 hours ago, >|< said: You could have a non-destructively cropped document and wish to merge layers without destructively cropping. I am probably missing something but since cropping in Affinity is non-destructive to begin with, is there some reason you could not use Merge Visible + Rasterize to create a destructively cropped slice that could be exported whenever that is needed? 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...
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radimkacer Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, >|< said: You've missed the whole point of the opening question, it would seem. radimkacer wants to merge selected layers that extend outside the current canvas without the result being restricted to the canvas area. (By the way, Rasterise is redundant after Merge Visible unless I'm missing something.) yes you are right. And rasterizing after "merge" is redundant, each "merge" is rasterized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Not sure I understand exactly what you are trying to do but... If you have... "selected layers that extend outside the current canvas" why not unclip the canvas first (Document > Unclip Canvas) then do the Merging? Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radimkacer Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, carl123 said: Not sure I understand exactly what you are trying to do but... If you have... "selected layers that extend outside the current canvas" why not unclip the canvas first (Document > Unclip Canvas) then do the Merging? Yes it's an option, but it seems to me complicated. I used Photoshop for 20 years and this is normal there since 1996 :)))) Would be nice to have the same in AP, when I merge layers, nothing is cropped to document size. And if I want to crop the layer to document size, there can be function "Crop to document size" and that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Well, apparently it took Photoshop about 6 years to come with this feature. Affinity Photo has been on the market less than 4 years... Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.2) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.4 versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radimkacer Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 1 minute ago, RNKLN said: Well, apparently it took Photoshop about 6 years to come with this feature. Affinity Photo has been on the market less than 4 years... haha... this is called evolution, Affinity doesn't need to invent wheel. And I used PS since 1996, that's why I mentioned this year, but I believe it was there even before. RNKLN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 3 minutes ago, >|< said: radimkacer wants to merge selected layers that extend outside the current canvas without the result being restricted to the canvas area. Then why not just start with a canvas large enough for all the layers to begin with, or if needed enlarge it to enclose all of them? That could be done as @carl123 suggested by unclipping the canvas or with the Crop Tool. I guess what I don't understand is what benefit there is to having layers that are fully or partially off-canvas. 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...
radimkacer Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 11 minutes ago, R C-R said: Then why not just start with a canvas large enough for all the layers to begin with, or if needed enlarge it to enclose all of them? That could be done as @carl123 suggested by unclipping the canvas or with the Crop Tool. I guess what I don't understand is what benefit there is to having layers that are fully or partially off-canvas. How can I keep composition if I enlarge the canvas? ggt667 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 8 minutes ago, radimkacer said: How can I keep composition if I enlarge the canvas? What kind of composition(s) do you want, & for what purpose(s)? You can export slices to other formats, use masks & clipping, Merge Visible, etc., but it depends on the end use(s) you plan for your documents. 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...
firstdefence Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 1 hour ago, radimkacer said: Yes it's an option, but it seems to me complicated. I used Photoshop for 20 years and this is normal there since 1996 :)))) Would be nice to have the same in AP, when I merge layers, nothing is cropped to document size. And if I want to crop the layer to document size, there can be function "Crop to document size" and that's it. Could you not have a rectangle that is "document sized" with no stroke or fill and use that to clip back to the document size. Maybe make a Macro. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ggt667 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 3/2/2019 at 3:33 PM, walt.farrell said: Why would one want layers (whether merged or not) that are larger than the document size? You are pointing out the obvious seen from a pre-press point of view; however who knows if where the images were cropped is the part you need going forward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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