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About layers

Keep your work in layers to simplify changes and explore variations.

What are layers?

Layers let you mark up an image without modifying the image itself, or any other layers. Use multiple layers for drawing complex sketches or to test variations in a design.

Layers also let you take a screenshot. See Take a screen snapshot.

How do I use layers?

1. Flick toward this icon.

   The Layers window appears, with the current layer highlighted.

2. To use additional tools on a layer, hold your stylus down over the middle of the layer in the Layers window.

   Additional tools appear that you can flick toward.

   NoteIf you hold the stylus down over an icon, a tooltip appears describing what it does.
   NoteIf you are running Windows Vista, the orange frame around the layer doesn’t appear on the right side or along the bottom. To correct this, right-click on your desktop, select Properties to open the Display Properties window, and change the Theme to something other than Vista, such as Windows Classic.

Add a layer

1. Flick toward this icon to open the Layers window.

2. Hold the stylus over a layer and flick toward this icon to add a new layer above the layer.

   This new layer becomes the current layer.

   You can also press the Cmd+L for Mac or Ctrl+L for PC keys to add a layer.

3. By default, the new layer appears over the other layers. To move it behind other layers, see the following topic:
   - Organizing layers

Duplicate a layer

1. Flick toward this icon to open the Layers window.

2. In the Layers window, click the layer you want to duplicate.

3. Hold the stylus over the layer and flick toward this icon.

   A duplicated layer appears in the Layers window, and becomes the current layer.

4. To move the duplicated layer so that it does not overlap the original layer, flick toward this icon in the main tool interface.