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<title>Photopea - Layers</title>
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<a href="index.html" class="title">Learn Photopea</a>
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<!--<p>Web-based image editor.</p>-->
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<a href="https://blog.photopea.com">Blog</a> |
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<a class="curr" href="index.html">Learn</a> |
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<a href="../tuts/index.html">Tutorials</a> |
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<h3>Topics</h3>
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<ul>
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<li class="lvl0"><a href="index.html">Introduction</a></li>
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<li class="lvl0"><a href="workspace.html">Workspace</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="opening-saving.html">Open and Save</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="navigation.html">Navigation</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="image-size.html">Image size</a></li>
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<li class="lvl0 active"><a href="layers.html">Layers</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="masks.html">Masks</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="layer-styles.html">Layer Styles</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="smart-objects.html">Smart Objects</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="other-layers.html">Other Layers</a></li>
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<li class="lvl0"><a href="layer-manipulation.html">Layer Editing</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="free-transform.html">Free Transform</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="adjustments-filters.html">Adjust. & Filters</a></li>
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<li class="lvl0"><a href="selections.html">Selections</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="creating-selections.html">Make Selections</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="advanced-selecting.html">Advanced Selecting</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="refine-edge.html">Refine Edge</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="moving-selected-data.html">Move Selected Data</a></li>
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<li class="lvl0"><a href="brush-tools.html">Brush Tools</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="bt-basic.html">Basic Tools</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="bt-advanced.html">Advanced Tools</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="bt-smart.html">Smart Tools</a></li>
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<li class="lvl0"><a href="text.html">Text</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="text-style.html">Text Style</a></li>
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<li class="lvl0"><a href="vector-graphics.html">Vector Graphics</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="vg-structure.html">The Structure</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="vg-manipulation.html">Editing Shapes</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="vg-creating.html">Creating Shapes</a></li>
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<li class="lvl0"><a href="other.html">Other</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="guides-grid-snapping.html">Guides & Snapping</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="animations.html">Animations</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="layer-comps.html">Layer Comps</a></li>
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<li class="lvl1"><a href="scripts.html">Scripts</a></li>
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<h1>Layers</h1>
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<p>Each PSD document consists of <b>layers</b>. The layer represents some part of the image.
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It is usually an area filled with transparent, partially transparent or opaque pixels.</p>
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<p>Layers are rendered one on top of another, to create the final image.
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You usually edit just one layer at a time. Changing (moving, rotating, drawing into) one layer does not influence other layers.</p>
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<h2>Layers panel</h2>
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<p><b>Layers panel</b> is the main place for working with the layer structure of the document. You can find it in the sidebar on the right.
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It cotnains the list of all layers and their thumbnails.
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Layers at the bottom of the list are the layers "in the back", while layers at the top are the layers "in the front".</p>
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<p>When we have many layers, we need to choose one, wich we want to work with.
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A layer can be <b>selected</b> simply by clicking on it (on its name or on its thumbnail) in the Layers panel.</p>
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<p>Sometimes we need to select multiple layers at the same time. E.g. if we want to rotate all of them by the same angle, or delete them all at once.
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When one or more layers are selected, hold the Ctrl key and click on other layers, to add them to the selection,
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or click on already selected layers to unselect them.</p>
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<h2>Folders of layers</h2>
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<p>When we have hundreds or even thousands of layers in our document, working with them in the Layers panel can be very hard.
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We would need to scroll the list for a long time to find a specific layer. But there is a solution.</p>
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<p>Photopea (as well as many other image editors) allows you to create <b>folders of layers</b>. You can put related layers
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inside one folder. Folders can contain other folders. The folder can be folded and unfolded, just like the folder in the file system of your computer.</p>
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/1TcORWo.png" />
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<p>When you select a folder (e.g. by clicking on it), all its content is also selected (even though it is not highlighted in the panel).
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By selecting and moving / rotating / deleting one folder, you also move / rotate / delete all the content of that folder.</p>
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<h2>Basic layer properties</h2>
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<p>There are several basic properties of the layer, that you can change in the Layers panel.
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The main property is the <b>visibility</b>, which you can switch by clicking the eye icon of a layer (or a folder).
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When some layer is selected, you can edit the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blend_modes">blend mode</a></b>,
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the <b>opacity</b> and the <b>layer lock</b> of that layer at the top of the Layers panel.</p>
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<p>Each layer has the name, which can help you understand the sturcture of large documents.
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Double-click the name of the layer, then you can enter the new name. After you type a new name,
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press Enter to confirm it, or Escape to return to the previous name.</p>
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<h2>Changing the structure</h2>
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<p>You can drag and drop layers inside the Layers panel. This way, you can reorder layers (e.g. put the layers from the back to the front),
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place layrers into folders (or take them out of folders), put a folder into another folder etc.
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By selecting multiple layers (folders), you can drag all of them at the same time.</p>
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<p>You can find several basic buttons at the bottom of the Layers panel.</p>
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/ote9014.png" />
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<p>The <b>garbage bin</b> button lets you delete all selected layers.
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The <b>New Layer</b> button will add a new empty layer on top of the current layer (the one that is selected).
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The <b>New Folder</b> button will add a new empty folder on top of the current layer. The last button creates the raster mask on the current layer.
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Similar options are also available by clicking the <b>Layer</b> button in the menu at the top, or by right-clicking a specific layer in the Layers panel.</p>
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<p>Another useful operation is <b>duplicating</b> the layer (right-click - Duplicate, or Ctrl+J).
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You can also duplicate layers between different documents (right-click - Duplicate into).
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Another convinient way to duplicate layers is to drag them to "another panel" with a Move tool.
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Choose a Move tool, click on the layer (in the workspace),
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drag it over the label of another document and wait until documents are switched.
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Now, you can move the layer iside this second document and release the mouse.
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</p>
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<img src="https://i.imgur.com/cloz3K1.png" />
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<p><b>Merging</b> multiple layers into a single layer is also useful (right-click - Merge down or Merge layers).</p>
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