Glossary term
What is Layer?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Layer" means: One see-through sheet in a stack. Each object in your design sits on its own sheet, so you can change one without touching the rest. It is taught in Graphic Design: Photoshop and Canva for Non-Designers and Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners. Related terms include Canvas, Hierarchy, Aspect ratio and White space.
- 2 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Layer?
One see-through sheet in a stack. Each object in your design sits on its own sheet, so you can change one without touching the rest. (From Graphic Design: Photoshop and Canva for Non-Designers. 1 other course defines it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does Layer mean in Graphic Design: Photoshop and Canva for Non-Designers?
One see-through sheet in a stack. Each object in your design sits on its own sheet, so you can change one without touching the rest.
What does Layer mean in Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners?
One saved step of an image build. An image is a stack of layers, and Docker reuses layers that did not change.
Where is Layer taught?
Layer is defined in Graphic Design: Photoshop and Canva for Non-Designers and Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners.
Graphic Design: Photoshop and Canva for Non-DesignersDocker and Kubernetes for Beginners
Which lessons cover Layer?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Graphic Design: Photoshop and Canva for Non-Designers, lesson 1.4: Layers: build a design in a stack
- Graphic Design: Photoshop and Canva for Non-Designers, lesson 4.4: Cut out a subject with a layer mask
- Graphic Design: Photoshop and Canva for Non-Designers, lesson 5.2: Build the logo in Photopea
- Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners, lesson 3.2: Layers and the Build Cache
Which terms are related to Layer?
Next to Layer in the course glossaries: Canvas, Hierarchy, Aspect ratio, White space, Resolution, Contrast ratio, Vector graphic, Hex code, Dockerfile and Build context.
CanvasHierarchyAspect ratioWhite spaceResolutionContrast ratioVector graphicHex codeDockerfileBuild context
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Layer?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Graphic Design: Photoshop and Canva for Non-Designers: You can use a web browser, save a file and find it again.
- Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners: You can open a terminal (PowerShell, Command Prompt, Terminal or a Linux shell) and run simple commands such as cd and ls or dir.