I am new to Affinity [but I have used Paint Shop Pro for a long time]. I am really struggling at the moment to find a Glossary that will explain your many different “tiers” and how they relate to each other. So far I have found the following in the Help information :-
Artboards ……are discrete design areas, of any shape and size, within the same document, on which you can place design elements.
Documents. …….Artboards can be created with new documents or added to your current document at a preset or custom size at any time
Pasteboards. ……. artboards can be re-positioned anywhere on the pasteboard and resized at any time to suit your needs
Canvas …..‘Clip to Canvas’ restricts the document view, so you can only see objects which are placed on the page.
Page. ………‘Clip to Canvas’ restricts the document view, so you can only see objects which are placed on the page
Layers let you organize the contents of your design into a logical tiered structure for better creative composition and object management.
Image layers are a special layer type that retains all the original image data
Background Layer [When I ‘paste’ additional images onto an existing image in the working area, they all seem to be classified as ‘background’ layers. I would have thought you could only have one background and the rest would be ordinary layers.]
Workspace ……….Within Affinity Designer, each active Persona has its own workspace layout
I also looked on the forum and saw that I am not the only one who would benefit from a Glossary. Your reply was :-
but none of your links explain the above terms and how they relate to each other. Perhaps you could rethink the need for the Glossary?...or at least provide an explanation of how your “tier” system works please.
Thank you
