Paint Shop Pro X User Guide - FTP - Corel Corporation

Working with layersLayers are fundamental to creating and editing images in Corel Paint Shop Pro. Uselayers to add elements to your images, create artistic effects and illustrations, and makeimage editing easier. You can add or delete layers, rearrange the order in which theyare stacked, and blend their pixels in various ways. Unless you merge the layers, eachone remains independent and you can edit it independently of the others.For more information about layers, see “Working with layers” in the Help.In this section, you’ll learn about• understanding layers• using layers with photos• using the Layers palette• renaming layers• viewing layers• changing the order of layers in an image• moving layers on the canvasUnderstanding layersWhen you create or import an image in Corel Paint Shop Pro, the image has a singlelayer. Depending on the type of image you created or imported, the single layer islabeled in the Layers palette as Background, Raster, Vector, or Art Media. When youopen a photo, scan, or screen capture, the single layer is labeled as Background in theLayers palette.For most simple corrections and retouching, you do not have to add layers to an image.However, it is a good practice to duplicate the single layer before making imagecorrections, so that you preserve the original image on its own layer. If you intend to domore complex work, such as adding elements to the image, creating photocompositions, adding text, or applying other effects, it is highly recommended that youuse layers.Working with layers 65