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Selecting Layers
You can select one or more layers to work on them. A single selected layer is called the active layer.
• To select a layer, click it in the Layers panel.
• To select multiple contiguous layers, click the first layer, and then press the Shift key and click the
last layer.
• To select multiple non-contiguous layers, press the Ctrl key and click the desired layers.
• To select all layers, click Select on the Application Bar and select the All Layers option.

Changing the Order of Layers
To change the order of layers:

1. In the Layers panel, click and drag the 1 2
layer up or down.
2. Release the mouse button when the highlighted

line appears where you want to place the layer.
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Hiding/Displaying Layers

You can hide the layers to view only certain portions of an image for easy
editing.

To hide/display a layer:
1. In the Layers panel, click the eye icon next to a layer to hide its content.
2. Click in the column again to re-display the content.

Renaming a Layer
You can give meaningful names to layers to reflect
their contents.
To rename a layer: 1 2
1. In the Layers panel, double-click the layer
name.
2. Type the new name and press the Enter key.

Deleting a Layer
You can delete the layers that are not required anymore.
1 To delete a layer:

1. In the Layers panel, select the layer you want to delete.
2. Drag the layer to the Delete icon at the bottom or press
the Delete key.
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Flattening Layers

Flattening refers to merging all visible layers into the background layer. You can flatten the layers in an
image to reduce the file size.

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