Help: Using Layers

When adding text, images and shapes to designs, you can place your objects in several layers. Every new design starts with two layers: Background, and layer 1. You will probably choose to place your text in a foreground layer, and your graphics in the background layer.

The topmost layer's tab will be on the far right. Layer order can be changed by dragging the tabs left or right.

Layer tabs, active/inactive

Make a layer active by clicking its tab in the lower left of the design window. You can only select objects in the active layer. This allows you to work in one layer without accidentally selecting objects in another layer.

Background active, layer 1 inactive:

Background inactive, layer 1 active:

Layer visibility

You can also toggle the visibility of one layer by clicking the eye symbols. In some situations turning off one layer can make your work easier to see, or can speed up interactivity if one of the layers is very complex.

Background invisible, layer 1 active:

Layer menu

Choose Arrange > Layer or Control-click the current layer tab to access the following layer options:

• Add Layer
• Delete Layer
• Copy Layer
• Copy All Layers
• Paste as Single Layer; combine multiple layers into a single layer
• Paste as Multiple Layers
• Paste Layers with Replace
• Layer Effect... See "Using Effects"
  Note: Layer tab indicates when effects are applied to a layer:
  
  You can hide an effect by clicking on the layer icon:
  

Note: When you apply any pre-designed text layouts to a template or to a design, all objects in layer 1 are removed and replaced with the those from the foreground layer of the predefined text layout. This is another reason that you might want to place your graphics in the background layer.