orphanlast Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I've looked for tutorials on this topic and nothing seems to explain it. So if I have two raster layers, it's really frustrating because if I know for a fact that I want to merge those two pixel layers, the program won't let me. I try CTRL+E. Nothing. I try to rasterize the already raster pixel layer. Try CTRL+E again... Nothing. There's no way to merge these layers it seems. I I've resorted to grouping them, which still sucks. Because regardless of if I'm drawing in Affinity Photo or Affinity designer, I could have a sketch spread out on three layers, by accident and then if I need to erase, I have to juggle between all of them to figure out how to erase something that should take 1 second to accomplish. This is extremely frustrating and anything anyone can do to explain this would be freakin' awesome. ... And merging raster layers is a really super basic operation. I can't see why it wouldn't be in the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I am not sure if you are on Mac or Windows but check the keyboard shortcuts set for Merge Down, Merge Selected & Merge Visible in Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts, or on the Layers menu in whatever version of Affinity Photo you are using. Select all the pixel layers & use one of those shortcuts or the menu item & it should work. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 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...
Pšenda Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 4 hours ago, R C-R said: Keyboard Shortcuts It work in ADesigner? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Have you tried Layer > Merge Visible or Layer > Merge Selected? John Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 - R C-R 1 Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Pšenda said: It work in ADesigner? Nope. That's why I included "whatever version of Affinity Photo you are using" in my reply. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 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...
Pšenda Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 From the formulation ", or on the Layers menu in whatever version of Affinity Photo you are using" I assumed, that the APhoto condition applies only to the Layers menu :-) Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 3 hours ago, haakoo said: Only way to do this is Unfortunately, this is the most common reason for switching to APhoto and back. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 - R C-R 1 Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 CTRL/CMD-E is merge down. If you select two layers nothing happens. If you select upper layer it works as supposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 14 minutes ago, Fixx said: CTRL/CMD-E is merge down. If you select two layers nothing happens. If you select upper layer it works as supposed. But only in Photo. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.5 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 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...
simonlayfield Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 If I have two pixel layers in Photo, select the top layer and select Merge Down, the top layer effectively just disappears and I don't see the result of the merge at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, simonlayfield said: If I have two pixel layers in Photo, ... Is this a Designer document you are working with? I ask because of the Artboard. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlayfield Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Quote Is this a Designer document you are working with? I ask because of the Artboard. It is, yeah - from Designer selected 'Edit in Photo'. I actually managed to overcome the problem by rasterizing both layers again, but all the same it seems like unexpected behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHX7 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) On MacOS. Shift + option + E or Shift + command + E Edited March 28, 2020 by CHX7 optional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippermick Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 This is crap! Why is it so difficult to simply merge layers???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Hi @skippermick If you are having a specific issue with Merging layers, then please post an explanation. It really shouldn't be difficult to do, but is impossible to help you if you just say "This is crap". Which program are you using? What are your layers that you are trying to merge? What command are you using? What is not working? Can you show a screenshot / gif / video or provide a file? Leigh 1 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...
walt.farrell Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Also, @skippermick, it is probably better at this point to post your own new topic in the appropriate Questions forum, rather than using this old (3 years) topic in an archive section of the forum. Leigh 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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