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- <h2>Layers Menu</h2>
- <p>The commands in this menu only affect the currently active Layer, as chosen in the Layers Window.</p>
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- <h3>Add New Layer </h3>
- <p>This will add a new, transparent layer to the image.</p>
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- <h3>Delete Layer </h3>
- <p>This will remove the active layer from the image. You will be
- asked to confirm this is what you want to do before it is deleted.</p>
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- <h3>Duplicate Layer </h3>
- <p>This will make an exact copy of the active layer. All properties of the layer, along with the graphical (pixel)
- contents, will be duplicated. The new layer will also have the same name as the original.</p>
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- <h3>Import From File </h3>
- <p>This allows you to select one or more images that will be imported as one or more new layers.</p>
- <p>If you select a PDN image which consists of multiple layers, you will be presented with the following dialog
- box which will allow you to select only the layers that you really want to import:</p>
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- it to. Click <a href="Adjustments.html">here</a> to learn more.</p>
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- <h3>Flip </h3>
- <p>This submenu allows you to flip just the active layer, either horizontally or vertically.</p>
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- <h3>Layer Properties </h3>
- <p>This command brings up a dialog that allows you to define how the layer blends in with the layers that are
- before it in the Layers Window's list. You may specify a name, whether the layer is visible, a blending mode,
- and an opacity level.</p>
- <p>There are fourteen (14) blending modes available: Normal, Multiply, Additive,
- Color Burn, Color Dodge, Reflect, Glow, Overlay, Difference,
- Negation, Light, Darken, Screen, and Xor.</p>
- <p>The opacity slider controls how transparent the layer is overall.</p>
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