Digital Scrapbooking - Using Layers

Using layers is like stacking photos on top of each other in traditional scrapbooking but using editing software like Photoshop on your computer. It is the same concept that is used in traditional scrapbooking. You start out with you background paper, add your photos and frames, and then place your embellishments on top. Layers let you to do the same thing with your digital images. You can work on one part of a page without disturbing the other parts. Think of layers as individual elements stacked one on top of the other. Everything but the actual element is invisible so you can see through to the layers below. You can change the size, color, transparency, or position of any given layer without affecting any other part of the page.
Because of this feature, layers allow you a great deal of flexibility and creativity in your digital scrapbooking.




In this image above you can see each part has it's own layer listed separately on the right side. Each layer can be changed independently of the others.
As I said above layers allow you to work with your digital images just as you would in traditional scrapbooking, but digital layers also allow you to do so much more. Say you are laying out a page and your Main title font isn’t big enough. In traditional scrapbooking this would be hard to fix, but not with digital scrapbooking. With the click of your mouse you can change the size of any element to fit with your page perfectly. On the same note, say you are working with a blue tag, but you really need a red one. Again, no problem, as long and that tag is on it's own layer your can adjust the hue and color to change that tag from blue to red. Another great bonus with layers is being able the change the transparency of any given layer. This means that you can take any paper, embellishment or even a photograph and change the transparency of that item. This a great feature to ad depth and interest to any page.