What is 'Rasterizing' in Affinity Photo?

Rasterizing is conversion to pixels and appears in two places in Affinity Photo, where it can be very useful. Here's all about it. Note: From version 1.7 onwards, Rasterize is replaced by Rasterize and Rasterize and Trim. 'Rasterize and Trim' acts like 'Rasterize' in versions 1.6 and below, cutting away non-visible image components. 'Rasterize' changes so it 'squares up' the image, so such as the Perspective Tool appears vertical/horizontal rather than tilted. Overall, though, Rasterizing is still effectively a kind of 'flatten layer' function. A video has been added to describe this change. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XYKvO9neSg For related videos, see here: https://changingminds.org/disciplines/photography/affinity_photo/youtube_videos/079_what_rasterizing.htm#see There are now online pages for InAffinity here: https://changingminds.org/disciplines/photography/affinity_photo/affinity_photo.htm Free resources, including macros, palettes, etc. are here: https://changingminds.org/disciplines/photography/affinity_photo/resources/resources.htm If you are a beginner, start here: https://changingminds.org/disciplines/photography/affinity_photo/categories/ap_categories_beginners.htm There is a full, cross-referenced index for every video here: https://changingminds.org/disciplines/photography/affinity_photo/inaffinity_video_index.htm To find videos by date of publication, start here: https://changingminds.org/disciplines/photography/affinity_photo/ap_time-sorted.htm To find videos by subject, start here: https://changingminds.org/disciplines/photography/affinity_photo/categories/ap_categories_alphabetic.htm The web page for this video is here (with links to related videos): https://changingminds.org/disciplines/photography/affinity_photo/youtube_videos/079_what_rasterizing.htm