Create AND name layer with one shortcut?

[ToyGunFun]

Hi,

Sorry to start with "in Photoshop" but...

In Photoshop Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + N creates a new layer with a dialogue box that allows you to name that layer at the same time.

Can you do this in Affinity Photo?

 

Edited November 28, 2024 by ToyGunFun
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[carl123]

In APhoto there is an option in settings that you can set so that if you create a group you are asked to name it but nothing for normal layer objects

[street79]

6 ore fa, carl123 ha detto:

In APhoto there is an option in settings that you can set so that if you create a group you are asked to name it but nothing for normal layer objects

@carl123 

I looked in APhoto in the Preferences but I didn't find anything or at least I think...
Would you be so kind as to tell me where?

Thank you...

[GarryP]

[street79]

@GarryP Thank you very much!...

[GarryP]

You're welcome.

Does that functionality do what you were wanting?

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[ToyGunFun]

11 hours ago, GarryP said:

Does that functionality do what you were wanting?

It is!

But it's not working?

(2017 27" iMac, Affinity Photo 2 (2.5.6))

I have ticked the option in the Settings / User Interface panel.

The panel doesn't show 'Requires Restart'... unless you put that in the screenshot?

But I restarted my computer and creating a new layer using Com+Shift+N or clicking on the New Pixel Layer icon in the Layers panel doesn't show me an option to put a name in for the new layer?

[R C-R]

26 minutes ago, ToyGunFun said:

... doesn't show me an option to put a name in for the new layer?

Note what @Return said above about the difference between a layer (not capitalized) & a Layer (capitalized). So no option to ask for a name for new layers like there is for new Layers.

[ToyGunFun]

[street79]

17 ore fa, GarryP ha detto:

You're welcome.

Does that functionality do what you were wanting?

@GarryP 

Therefore, it only works if I create a Group folder, in this case I am asked whether to enter a name for the group;
it doesn't work if I create a new layer, the layer is created but I'm not asked to give it a name;
I also confess that I don't understand the difference between "Level" and level I would like to know more.

Many thanks...

[ToyGunFun]

55 minutes ago, street79 said:

@GarryP 

Therefore, it only works if I create a Group folder, in this case I am asked whether to enter a name for the group;
it doesn't work if I create a new layer, the layer is created but I'm not asked to give it a name;
I also confess that I don't understand the difference between "Level" and level I would like to know more.

Many thanks...

You mean the difference between 'Layer' and 'layer'?

I'd like to know too

[dominik]

47 minutes ago, ToyGunFun said:

You mean the difference between 'Layer' and 'layer'?

I'd like to know too

Basically every vector object or pixel layer is a layer in the Affinities. Then there are special Layers that are 'empty' and can be used for organizing the structure. They also can be seen as containers.

Perhaps 'layers' should better be called objects.

See this article that I think explaines it nicely:

Understanding groups and layers in Affinity - Affinity Spotlight

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[street79]

2 hours ago, dominik said:

Basically every vector object or pixel layer is a layer in the Affinities. Then there are special Layers that are 'empty' and can be used for organizing the structure. They also can be seen as containers.

Perhaps 'layers' should better be called objects.

See this article that I think explaines it nicely:

Understanding groups and layers in Affinity - Affinity Spotlight

d.

I have carefully read the article you reported and, ultimately, I think I understand (it is not clearly mentioned in the article) that:

- Level - is the container of a group while
- level - is a layer with a single object.

What do you say? Is this exactly what I was supposed to understand? 
If so, thank you, otherwise say a few more words on the subject...

[dominik]

2 hours ago, street79 said:

- Level - is the container of a group while
- level - is a layer with a single object.

Hello @street79,

first off, you are using the term 'level'. Maybe this is a mistake by a translation software or somewhere else. We (I) are speaking of layers. I assume you mean the same?

layer with a small 'l' is basically a single vector object in itself. It is not a layer with an object in it. This terminology sometimes causes confusion. layer is just another word for object in the Affinity world.

Layer with a capital 'L' is a container that is somewhat similar to a group. But it can be used in a different way. Most importantly you can immediately select an object in a Layer by clicking on it, while by clicking on an object inside a group you will select the entire group.

To make things more complicated or flexible - it depends on how you see it - everything can be a child of anything else. You can have unlimited levels of nested layers and Layers and/or groups. This gives you a lot of organisational freedom ... or confusion

I hope this makes things a little clearer.

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[dominik]

12 minutes ago, Return said:

German/English

 

9 minutes ago, Return said:

Straße neunundsiebzig ist Deutsch.

 

@Return, thanks.

translation German/English may be a source for the confusion. 'Ebene' in German refers to the same two things: 'level' and 'layer'.

But I do not understand your second posting. Did you mix up threads?

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[street79]

@dominik 

Now everything is clearer to me, logically the terminology is fundamental but with your description I understood the difference very well even if we use perhaps different terms.
It can happen when using translators that the technical terms undergo variations,

I didn't understand my friend's post @Return; to remove further doubts, I am Italian and I get help with the translation from DeepL Traslate.

See you next time and have a good weekend...

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[dominik]

2 hours ago, street79 said:

Now everything is clearer to me, logically the terminology is fundamental but with your description I understood the difference very well even if we use perhaps different terms.

Glad my post was helpful. Thankyou.

Have a nice weekend.

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[ToyGunFun]

So while the layers in the Layers panel could or should be considered objects (or is that Objects), to answer my initial question - there is no shortcut to create and name that layer in the Layers panel?

[R C-R]

12 minutes ago, ToyGunFun said:

there is no shortcut to create and name that layer in the Layers panel?

Nothing like that for regular layers. For the 2 container layer types (Groups & capital-L Layers), as explained above there is a setting to ask for a name when creating them.

[George-Frazee]

On 11/28/2024 at 7:19 AM, GarryP said:

Oh nice Designer has this as well. Thanks