layer affects changing when merging layers

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February 28, 2022
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Have a project working on - 7 layers, some of them have affects of various styles (some with bevel and emboss, some with texture as well) how do I lock in the affects so they do not change when merging the layers? No matter what I do, it changes the affects on some of the layers - I've tried rasterizing the layer, rasterizing the effects, converting to a smart object. Ugh, need help with this one, normally I can figure it out but this time I'm stumped.

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Correct answer davescm

Hi

The reason is that when zoomed out, pixels are averaged to the new size then blended. With fine noise that can change the blend.

In addition, at zoom levels less than 66.7% only 8 bits per channel are used when creating the preview, even with 16 bit images. That can affect how gradients blend together.

The accurate preview is 100% zoom.

Dave

c.pfaffenbichler

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Could you please post screenshots taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Channels, Options Bar, …) visible before and after merging?

Stephen Marsh

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Are you evaluating at 100% view?

S

Steven22363179cipeAuthor

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That remedied the visual change - I was viewing at 50% to be able to see entire image. Thank you, cant believe it was something so simple, but is odd tho that it only does that sometimes, not all the time.

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