diff --git a/src/Classes/Layers/GroupLayer.gd b/src/Classes/Layers/GroupLayer.gd
index 789965411..f6cb4f40f 100644
--- a/src/Classes/Layers/GroupLayer.gd
+++ b/src/Classes/Layers/GroupLayer.gd
@@ -14,15 +14,37 @@ func _init(_project: Project, _name := "") -> void:
 func blend_children(frame: Frame, origin := Vector2i.ZERO) -> Image:
 	var image := Image.create(project.size.x, project.size.y, false, Image.FORMAT_RGBA8)
 	var children := get_children(false)
+	if children.size() <= 0:
+		return image
 	var blend_rect := Rect2i(Vector2i.ZERO, project.size)
-	for layer in children:
+	var textures: Array[Image] = []
+	var metadata_image := Image.create(children.size(), 4, false, Image.FORMAT_R8)
+	for i in children.size():
+		var layer := children[i]
 		if not layer.is_visible_in_hierarchy():
 			continue
 		if layer is GroupLayer:
-			image.blend_rect(layer.blend_children(frame, origin), blend_rect, origin)
+			var blended_children: Image = layer.blend_children(frame, origin)
+			if DisplayServer.get_name() == "headless":
+				image.blend_rect(blended_children, blend_rect, origin)
+			else:
+				textures.append(blended_children)
 		else:
 			var cel := frame.cels[layer.index]
-			DrawingAlgos.blend_layers_headless(image, project, layer, cel, origin)
+			if DisplayServer.get_name() == "headless":
+				DrawingAlgos.blend_layers_headless(image, project, layer, cel, origin)
+			else:
+				textures.append(display_effects(cel))
+				DrawingAlgos.set_layer_metadata_image(layer, cel, metadata_image, i)
+
+	if DisplayServer.get_name() != "headless":
+		var texture_array := Texture2DArray.new()
+		texture_array.create_from_images(textures)
+		var params := {
+			"layers": texture_array, "metadata": ImageTexture.create_from_image(metadata_image)
+		}
+		var gen := ShaderImageEffect.new()
+		gen.generate_image(image, DrawingAlgos.blend_layers_shader, params, project.size)
 	return image