clipped from www.ephotozine.com Layers and Layer Modes in GIMP Using Layers and Layer Modes in GIMP - Michael Bates shows us how Layers can be used in GIMP. The nature of Raster Graphics Editors like GIMP means that inevitably every user will need to have more than layer open at any point. Though this can be confusing at first it soon becomes apparent that the concept is rather simple and yet at the same time it is crucial to getting any sort of positive result from the program. What is discussed here applies for all the software packages for the most part, though there may be some differences in terminology, hotkeys and in Paint Shop Pro's case the way layers are shown in the interface.