Skills: Adding independent layers to images Concepts: Image layers This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. Layers
Where does this topic fit? Internet concepts – Applications – Technology – Implications Internet skills – Application development – Content creation (image) – User skills
Hit or miss? How did I make this image?
Two images
The background layer
Add a new, transparent layer
Place the ball on layer 2 and adjust its location Which tool did I use to adjust the position of the ball?
What will I do next? Layer 2 finished
Layer 3 finished What will I do next?
Layer 4 with a text label What will I do next?
Layer 5 with the second text label
Background image Miss? text Hit? text Missed ball Hit ball Five layers
Layer 2Layer 3 Layer 4Layer 5 Background image Summary
Self-study questions 1.Which Paint.net tool did we use to position the layers? 2.Which Paint.net tool did we use to create the text labels? 3.We created transparent layers, but layers can be anywhere from completely opaque to completely transparent. What would our image have looked like if Layer 4 were opaque? (Experiment using layer properties – Fn key 4). 4.What used normal mode layers, but several other modes are available. Pick one (using Fn Key 4) and experiment with it. What is its effect?
Resources Tutorials: Download, forums, blog and contact: Working with layers: