Adding a "layer" in Photo

[ashf]

Is there a way to add a "layer" in Affinity Photo without using Designer?
I mean the layer for isolating objects we can add in Designer.

[R C-R]

If you mean the capital L "(Layer)" type of container layer, I don't think there is in AP alone. As a workaround, if you have AD you could create a capital L "(Layer)" in a new AD document, switch to AP via File > Edit in Photo, & add it to some category in the AP Asset panel.

Or if you don't have AD you could use this Layer1.afphoto file to add its "Layer1(Layer)" to your AP Asset panel.

EDIT: For some reason, if I do that & drag the Layer asset into the AP document window, it starts making all the other layers in the document act as if they are totally transparent, so maybe this isn't such a good idea.

EDIT 2: Added Layer1 flaky.afphoto to demonstrate what I mean about it not working right. Just zoom in & out to see how the layers wink in & out.

[ashf]

Thank you.
Actually I was finding if there is a way to add a layer without using Designer at all though.
Even without passing a file.

[R C-R]

2 minutes ago, ashf said:

Actually I was finding if there is a way to add a layer without using Designer at all though.

If you mean a capital L "(Layer)" type of container layer then I know of no way to do that.

[ashf]

Yes I mean the one with capital L.

 

[carl123]

1 hour ago, ashf said:

Actually I was finding if there is a way to add a layer without using Designer at all though.
Even without passing a file.

You will need either Designer or Publisher to, natively, add a Layer layer, it can't be done natively in APhoto 

But there are various hacks such as copying & pasting an existing Layer layer from another Affinity document

 

[Old Bruce]

A capital L Layer is in effect a Group. The only advantage is that we can add several Layers to a canvas/Artboard/document without having anything selected. A new empty group.