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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 :-

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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

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Hi @David007

Welcome to the forums. 

5 hours ago, David007 said:

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.

Do you mean layers? Have you looked at our online help? 

https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/Layers/aboutLayers.html

Thanks,

Gabe. 

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17 hours ago, v_kyr said:

Well he clearly said he is missing a ...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary

Typically, glossaries just include a brief explanation of the meaning of certain words & phrases. I think the OP wants something considerably more in depth than that.

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On 1/14/2019 at 5:14 AM, David007 said:

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 :-

image.png.a4e790ccb4f6be3dbd1be89433037fde.png

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

6 years ago yes but still I suspect topical? A search for 'Glossary' only returns this post of yours.

   

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22 minutes ago, OookLout said:

6 years ago yes but still I suspect topical? A search for 'Glossary' only returns this post of yours.

   

Just under 2 years, actually, not 6.

I'll try the same answer that was given before: Have you tried the Help?

There is no Glossary,  but, in any case, a Glossary would not give the relationship (if any) between those terms; just their definitions. However, the Help's major sections help explain the organization of the application, and the "About ..." sections explain the basic workings of the various parts of the application. And the Help's search functions will give you information about most of those specific topics, for example.

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6 hours ago, Joachim_L said:

Not 6, not 2 but 4 years judging from the screenshot of MEBs post. ;)

 

Thanks. I didn't consider that.

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