Rasterising

Lines, curves, shapes and text can be rasterised to create pixel layers.

Rasterisation has various uses:

For when the appearance of complex vector gradients or effects needs to be honoured, particularly for print artwork.
To convert a placed image layer to a pixel layer (for pixel manipulation). By default, many brush tools rasterise image layers before painting.

To rasterise an object:

Do one of the following:

From Layer menu, select Rasterise.
On the Layers panel, -click a layer and select Rasterise.

To rasterise an object and trim off-canvas content:

On the Layers panel, -click a layer and select Rasterise & Trim.

To rasterise an object to a mask:

From Layer menu, select Rasterise To Mask.

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