Please add a way to Disable & Enable ML automatic layer naming when dragging images to the layer list. If not in the GUI, is there a "defaults write" terminal command that can be used?
I often have projects where the file names are significant and those names should be the layer names. Having names randomly overwritten by what the app thinks it should be when dragging the stack into PP is frustrating and adds work. I don't want the app "helping" me in these cases. I'm still smarter than the box.
Thanks.
Disable ML Layer Naming
2019-05-18 05:59:18
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2019-05-20 08:09:24
Feedback noted! I believe you aren't the first person to request and we had some plans for this a little while ago — we'll see if we can squeeze it in in one of the next few updates.
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2019-05-20 14:43:51
That would be great! Thanks.
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2019-12-06 00:35:19
Has this been implemented? I hope it becomes (or has become) possible to disable automatic layer naming for the same reason.
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2020-04-24 20:13:05
Andrius: Coming up on a year now since this was raised. There’s been a number of releases (all with good stuff) in that timeframe but this is still not addressed.
Can you give some insight on when it will be incorporated? (Turning things off usually isn’t that hard )
Can you give some insight on when it will be incorporated? (Turning things off usually isn’t that hard )
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2020-04-26 15:26:53
My feeling is this one just slipped through inadvertently — I'll follow up with the devs and let you know.
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2020-04-26 15:41:59
Turns out we added it already! Here's the full Terminal command for turning off auto layer naming:
defaults write com.pixelmatorteam.pixelmator.x enableSmartLayerNames -bool false
Apologies for not sharing it earlier.
defaults write com.pixelmatorteam.pixelmator.x enableSmartLayerNames -bool false
Apologies for not sharing it earlier.
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2020-04-26 19:06:18
Well, that’s excellent. Thank you!
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2020-04-27 08:42:05
You're very welcome. Just FYI, in the future, we may also add this to Pixelmator Pro preferences.
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2020-06-04 10:25:56
yes... it is hacking for programers, not for artist..
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2021-01-05 10:43:49
It's an easy change but the issue is with keeping the UI free of clutter (all these small additions eventually add up) – as we have more of these advanced options, though, maybe we can think about adding an extra section for them.
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2021-01-05 16:07:18
If not a preferences option directly, how about a modifier key when dragging a file or files in? Normal drag uses ML layer naming. Option drag uses the file name as the layer name. (Option or some other key or combination.)
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2021-01-08 15:20:38
That might be an option (hah), sure!
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