This is the second time that this is happened and it's driving me mad. For whatever reason Pixelmator decides to permanently remove ALL the effects and colour adjustments that I have on every single layer in the project. Undo doesn't undo this. And because it is saving over the file all the time, closing and reloading the file that I saved before the bug happened results in all the effects being gone anyway. The only way to fix it is to manually configure all the effects and adjustments again. I have lost several hours to this bug and am ready to throw my laptop out the window.
EDIT: Looks like groups have retained their effects and adjustments, but the layers within them have had their individual adjustments removed
EDIT: It happened again. When I copied and pasted a hidden layer that was the full size of the image
Pixelmator pro deleting all effects and colour adjustments for every layer for no reason
2020-09-26 21:59:24
2020-09-28 09:30:24
Hi there, first of all, if you lose editing progress and, for some reason, undo doesn't work to get it back, you could try File > Revert To > Browse All Versions to revert to a previous version of the file.
As for the issue, the only time something like this can happen without it being a bug is when you apply color adjustments and effects to layers while a selection is active. After clearing the selection, those nondestructive edits are merged with the layers to which they were applied. Are you working with selections and adjustments/effects at the same time?
P.S. We know this is something that should be improved and we do plan to improve it in the future.
As for the issue, the only time something like this can happen without it being a bug is when you apply color adjustments and effects to layers while a selection is active. After clearing the selection, those nondestructive edits are merged with the layers to which they were applied. Are you working with selections and adjustments/effects at the same time?
P.S. We know this is something that should be improved and we do plan to improve it in the future.
2020-09-30 22:24:06
Thanks Andrius. I've been taking a break from Pixelmator and when I get back into it I will give that a try. From memory all I did was add a new layer and the effects on other layers would be undone and removed. I will see if I can reproduce it and provide screen shots or something. And I will give that Revert To command a go too