https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=398990
--- Comment #7 from b...@fastmail.com --- (In reply to katearcher89 from comment #6) > (In reply to katearcher89 from comment #5) > > > > I stand corrected: I've tried merging paint layers in different modes and by > > now, in 4.1.1 when merging any blend mode set to any higher level is > > discarded as well, meaning that the layers that are supposed to me merged > > are merged in normal blending mode. It's a totally wrong behaviour and I'll > > report that bug as well, since that means that we have no means to merge a > > layer stack without loosing color info and preserving transparency of that > > layers. > > after a little more experimenting I've found that that was mostly my > mistake: two layers with different blend modes merging totally fine but > after the merge the resulted layer is set to normal(instead of whatever > blend mode was assigned to the bottom layer of the selection) thus producing > different visual effect other that before the merge. Not sure is this > defaulting to normal blend mode of the merged layer a bug of a feature > though. Perhaps "intended" was a poor word to use. It indeed is inconsistent. If a Levels filter layer is created and adjusted it does not behave the same as if HSV filter layer is created and adjusted. The Levels layer will properly adapt to new layer changes below, whereas HSV seems to rasterize itself on any change. Merging does lose transparency, which is the part that seems like a side effect. This is because it becomes a regular paint layer using the values it had previously, which could have contained all layers beneath it. It is no longer a "Filter Layer", it is simply a "Paint Layer". Whether or not this is good or bad is unknown, this is coming from a non-developer, trying to explain how it is understood. Regarding blending modes, if memory serves, this is how Photoshop behaves. It might not make both layers Normal, but it has to decide between one or the other. It seems like a complex issue no matter the program. What is the expected result? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
