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In CS3, I have three layers named A,B,and C top-to-bottom
I select (highlight) all three.
I hide the top layer (A) by turning its eye off.
I leave layers B and C visible (eyes on).
"Merge Layers" is now a non-grayed-out option under Layers on the menu bar.
I choose "Merge Layers".
The resultant merged layer is named "A".
But the new A layer has only the contents of B and C.
The original content of A has been deleted
The name of the topmost selected layer is assigned to the result
This is true whether the topmost layer is visible or not
But if the topmost selected layer is NOT visible, it’s not merged
Any selected hidden layer, topmost or not, gets deleted via Merge Layers
Yet, the merged result gets the name of the topmost selected layer
Weird! Would someone else please confirm this behavior.
I select (highlight) all three.
I hide the top layer (A) by turning its eye off.
I leave layers B and C visible (eyes on).
"Merge Layers" is now a non-grayed-out option under Layers on the menu bar.
I choose "Merge Layers".
The resultant merged layer is named "A".
But the new A layer has only the contents of B and C.
The original content of A has been deleted
The name of the topmost selected layer is assigned to the result
This is true whether the topmost layer is visible or not
But if the topmost selected layer is NOT visible, it’s not merged
Any selected hidden layer, topmost or not, gets deleted via Merge Layers
Yet, the merged result gets the name of the topmost selected layer
Weird! Would someone else please confirm this behavior.
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