DarkSphynx

So I finally went with this approach and have a template based on the steps you describe. It's most appreciated. I'm sure the other suggestions are not less good. But with my limited knowledge, this is what I managed to make work. So I really hope it's onwards and upwards from here. This forum is truly valuable.

I used to think it was a social platform. But it's in fact a search engine for images. I link it to my etsy business that sells digital downloads. They like posts to have 1000px x 1500px. For branding and time saving purposes it's good to have a template. That's pretty much all there's to it. But I ran into these issues that had me questioning my sanity. Especially given that my projects are fairly simple. But AD is anything bu simple.

Ok. Sorry. As I said I'm very new to this. I appreciate the clarification. That method sort of worked. Though I'm yet to make it remember what I did in the second tab. I'll play with it some more.

Thank you very much! Sorry if this is a stupid question. But I'm not sure at which stage I would set the dimensions. Since this is for pinterest, I would only ever use this template in those dimensions.

This worked! I'm so relieved. Many thanks!

I'm probably doing something wrong. But I'm still not getting the separate layers. After placing the the file it comes up as "embedded" in the layers panel. I converted it as suggested but the layers are still inaccessible, even though "embedded" is replaced with "pixel". Maybe there's an update I still have to do. I'll explore further.

Thank you both very much! I will have to do research and experiment to make sure I understand what you wrote. But that's just due to the fact I'm new to this. I'm sure it will make sense eventually. I will report back in a while.

I'm still a beginner, learning AD on Udemy. I contacted the tutor, who has decades of experience. It seemed natural I was doing something very wrong. But according to him it's a bug, and he directed me to this forum. I will paste the same message below. "I had a template made to use for sharing my work on pinterest. This template was also created with AD and has two layers. When I create a custom document with the correct dimensions, my next step is to "Place" the template on the custom document. But this makes the separate layers inaccessible for editing. It's treated as one solid layer, even though the file format is AD's own. (In case it matters, I keep a copy of the template on the desktop for regular use, without changing the file format. This is what I use in the described scenario.) Only if I "Open" the template am I able to edit the layers as needed. But in that case, instead of opening in my custom document, a new tab opens automatically, with the template in it, and the document's dimensions are wrong. " I would really appreciate some guidance. It's entirely possible that I missed something in my course. I'm mostly skimming through it because none of my projects involve drawing. I use bought graphics, which makes the course in question overkill. I'm mostly using it to gain familiarity with the software. It's really difficult to find information for using AD on the type of projects I do. Thanks in advance.