diff --git a/src/canvas.cpp b/src/canvas.cpp
index a2ad04f..f28d13e 100644
--- a/src/canvas.cpp
+++ b/src/canvas.cpp
@@ -1156,6 +1156,49 @@ void Canvas::draw_merge_branch_orchestration(
         });
 }
 
+void Canvas::draw_merge_final_plane_composite(
+    const glm::mat4& ortho,
+    bool draw_checkerboard)
+{
+    execute_canvas_draw_merge_final_plane_composite(
+        pp::panopainter::LegacyCanvasDrawMergeFinalPlaneCompositeUniforms {
+            .checkerboard = {
+                .mvp = ortho,
+                .colorize = false,
+            },
+            .texture = {
+                .mvp = ortho,
+                .texture_slot = 0,
+            },
+            .draw_checkerboard = draw_checkerboard,
+        },
+        pp::panopainter::LegacyCanvasDrawMergeFinalPlaneCompositeExecution {
+            .bind_merged_texture_copy_target = [&] {
+                set_active_texture_unit(2);
+                m_merge_tex.bind();
+            },
+            .copy_merged_framebuffer = [&] {
+                copy_framebuffer_to_texture_2d(0, 0, 0, 0, m_width, m_height);
+            },
+            .enable_blend = [&] {
+                apply_canvas_capability(blend_state(), true);
+            },
+            .draw = [&] {
+                m_plane.draw_fill();
+            },
+            .bind_sampler = [&] {
+                m_sampler.bind(0);
+            },
+            .bind_merged_texture = [&] {
+                set_active_texture_unit(0);
+                m_merge_tex.bind();
+            },
+            .unbind_merged_texture = [&] {
+                m_merge_tex.unbind();
+            },
+        });
+}
+
 void Canvas::stroke_draw_dual_pass(
     const std::vector<StrokeFrame>& frames_dual,
     const std::array<pp::panopainter::LegacyCanvasStrokeTextureBinding, 1>& dual_pass_texture_bindings,
@@ -1739,43 +1782,7 @@ void Canvas::draw_merge(bool draw_checkerboard, std::array<bool, 6> faces /*= SI
 
         if (use_blend)
         {
-            execute_canvas_draw_merge_final_plane_composite(
-                pp::panopainter::LegacyCanvasDrawMergeFinalPlaneCompositeUniforms {
-                    .checkerboard = {
-                        .mvp = ortho,
-                        .colorize = false,
-                    },
-                    .texture = {
-                        .mvp = ortho,
-                        .texture_slot = 0,
-                    },
-                    .draw_checkerboard = draw_checkerboard,
-                },
-                pp::panopainter::LegacyCanvasDrawMergeFinalPlaneCompositeExecution {
-                    .bind_merged_texture_copy_target = [&] {
-                        set_active_texture_unit(2);
-                        m_merge_tex.bind();
-                    },
-                    .copy_merged_framebuffer = [&] {
-                        copy_framebuffer_to_texture_2d(0, 0, 0, 0, m_width, m_height);
-                    },
-                    .enable_blend = [&] {
-                        apply_canvas_capability(blend_state(), true);
-                    },
-                    .draw = [&] {
-                        m_plane.draw_fill();
-                    },
-                    .bind_sampler = [&] {
-                        m_sampler.bind(0);
-                    },
-                    .bind_merged_texture = [&] {
-                        set_active_texture_unit(0);
-                        m_merge_tex.bind();
-                    },
-                    .unbind_merged_texture = [&] {
-                        m_merge_tex.unbind();
-                    },
-                });
+            draw_merge_final_plane_composite(ortho, draw_checkerboard);
         }
         
         m_layers_merge.rtt(plane_index).unbindFramebuffer();
diff --git a/src/canvas.h b/src/canvas.h
index e54a115..0e0eb1d 100644
--- a/src/canvas.h
+++ b/src/canvas.h
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ private:
         bool use_blend,
         bool copy_blend_destination,
         bool draw_checkerboard);
+    void draw_merge_final_plane_composite(
+        const glm::mat4& ortho,
+        bool draw_checkerboard);
     void stroke_draw_dual_pass(
         const std::vector<StrokeFrame>& frames_dual,
         const std::array<pp::panopainter::LegacyCanvasStrokeTextureBinding, 1>& dual_pass_texture_bindings,