Layers

What will you learn

• Adding Layers
• Renaming Layer
• Delete Layer
• Locking Layer
• Viewing Layer in highlights
• Hide Layer
• Distribute to layers
• Function of Layers
• Layer Options

Adding Layer

• Click the icon to add a new layer on TOP of the selected layer

Renaming Layer

• Double Click the Layer you want to rename
• Type in the new name

Delete Layer

• Click the icon and the selected layer will be deleted

Locking Layers

• When working with many layer it is important to lock the layers you are not working on so that the rest do not get edited wrongly.
  
  If you want to UNLOCK only the layer you are working on:
• Select the working layer
• Right Click
  
• Choose Lock Others
  
  If you want to lock ALL the layer,
• Click the icon in the top bar
  
  
  If you want to lock ONE layer
• Click the 2nd dot after the name of the Layer
• The locked layer will look like this

Viewing Layers in Highlights

To view all the layers in highlights:

• Click the highlight icon in the top bar
  
  
  To highlight one layer:
• Click the highlight icon and the layer will look like this
  
  
  To unhighlight the layer:
• Click the highlight icon in the layer again
• The layer will look like this

Hide Layer

To hide ONE layer:

• Select the layer you want to hide
• Click the first dot beside the name of the layer
• When the layer is hidden it will look like this :
  
  
  To unhide a layer:
• Click the icon
  
  
  To unhide ALL Layer
• Click the eye icon in the top bar

Distribute to Layers

If there are many objects on the same layer and you want to put them one different layers,

• Select the object you want to put in a new layer
• Right Click > Distribute to Layer
  

Function of Layers

A layer can be a:

• Normal Layer
• Guide
• Guide for motion
• Mask
• Masked
• Folder

Layer Options

• Right Click the layer

• Click Properties if you want to edit its properties

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