Layer Jumping

[Rondan]

I find that, I select a new layer and then start a PASeq or other action, and frequently SA 4, on it's own jumps to an earlier (unwanted) layer. The layer icon in the PASeq box talks about layer tracking. I don't know for certain if this is a layer tracking issue. I have tried to search Layer Tracking in the user guide but cannot find anything that leads me to the layer track on off button.

[Synthetik]

In version 3.5 layer playback in a PASeq was a global PASeq configuration preference. In version 4, each PASeq has a parameter option for things like mask playback or layer tracking playback. So you should turn that off if it's turned on for a particular PASeq. You would do that by going to the Editor when in PASeq operation mode and turning off the Layer Playback parameter option there.

[Rondan]

As far as I know, those are the settings I have. I haven't knowingly used any layer playback settings.

[Synthetik]

The settings are unique to each PASeq preset, as opposed to being global preference settings like before. Old presets should default with the layer playback option being off. So if that's not the case i'd like to know about it. If there's a specific PASeq preset you feel is adjusting the layers during playback when it should not be doing that it would be best to email the preset and a description of the problem to techsupport AT synthetik DOT com and we can try to debug the problem.

[Rondan]

Tonight, I selected a paint preset (not a PASeq) one of the new SA 4 presets, clicked in the layers window, to get a new layer then executed path painting, and instead of painting on the new layer #4 it painted on #1.

[Synthetik]

Paint presets can't change the current layer. So you are running into something else. There was an issue at one point where you could get the layer palette and the layer popup above the canvas to mismatch by following a certain sequence of events. I believe that is fixed now. I sent you the latest build to work with. If you still run into this problem with the latest build email techsupport and let me know about it.

[Rondan]

I am having the problem with PASeqs and history sequences that I recorded.
I go to the PASeq editor and turn everything to off.

I then record. When I record for example set canvas to white it may list it as layer 1 even though I am on layer 17. I reset to 17 finish recording. Then click new layer 18 and when I hit the play button it goes back and overwrites 17. When I go back to the editor the buttons top 2 settings which I have turned off before recording have been turned on by the program. I keep turning them of - but they turn on by themselves. I can't seem to override the layer number settings. I have ben using 4.7.2.