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Working with Layers

Each layer can contain discrete elements of your project. Layers can contain photos, textures, ore
adjustments. There are lots of ways to create and manage layers, but it all comes back to having an
organized design. Be sure to double-click on the name of each layer and give it a clear, descriptive
name to make your workflow easier.

Using Layers

To make sure Layers are visible, do the following.
1. Launch Luminar and open an image.
2. If Layers aren’t visible, click the Side Panel
button in the Top Toolbar to open the panel.
You can also press the Tab key to open the
Side Panel if it’s hidden
3. If Layers still aren’t seen, click the
Layers button in the Top Toolbar
to view Layers.

4. Review the Layers panel. When
you first open an image, it’s
named with the original name of
the file.

This base layer can have filters applied directly to it or you can add more layers above. Each new
layer uses the previous layer below as its starting point. In other words, each layer imposes the
result of its processing on the previous layer.

5. To add another layer, click the + button at the top of the Layers controls. You can either add
an Adjustment layer or an Add Image layer.

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