charles@tymznd.com Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Please name the layer with the filename when opening a new image from the desktop. Dragging and dropping a new layer to existing file does name the layer with the file name, however, "Background" is the name of the layer if you open an image from the Finder. It makes sense to have ALL layer names be the filename. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Welcome to the forums! Please consider changing your username as using an email address makes it publicly visible which can attract the attention of spammers (you could start getting a bunch of additional unwanted email in your inbox...). The filename wouldn't really make as much sense to use in this situation because the concept is that you are opening the file and thus ALL of the layers are part of that file, not just that one. Most layers in a typical Affinity software product document would not be tied to specific outside files and thus there would be no filenames to use in naming them. Using the filename for an outside file that is copied into the Affinity document also has the potential to become misleading, as the name of the original file could be changed but it would not change the name on the layer that was created. I suspect that "Background" was chosen because it is what Photoshop users would be familiar with (it is the name that Photoshop gives to the first layer in a new document). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, fde101 said: Please consider changing your username Go here to change it: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/settings/username/ fde101 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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