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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).

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4 minutes ago, fde101 said:

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