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Using the Add New Image Command

The Add Image command is a useful way to add one image on top of another in a Luminar project.
There are many possible reasons to do this, including design and technical. In this chapter we’ll
explore four uses for this effect

Loading a Texture Layer

The use of texture layers is quite a useful way to stylize an image. You can use the Add Image
command to place a texture above a photo.
1. Click the + symbol at the top of the Layers panel and choose Add New Image Layer….
2. Navigate to a texture layer on your hard drive and click the Open button to add the file to
your document. The layer is automatically named with the filename of the selected file.
3. To scale the texture, right-click on its
thumbnail and choose Image Mapping.

4. Select one of the three mapping options.
You can Fit the image to the width or height,
Scale to Fit to enlarge the image to fit the
screen, or use Fill to distort the image to fill
the screen.

5. Click the Blend menu to change the
Blending mode for the Texture layer.

6. Drag the Opacity slider to refine the
blending of the two layers.

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