Create an image layer

Choose Windows > Editors > Canvas Layer Editor.

Before you can create an image layer, you must have at least one canvas plane present. See Create a canvas plane.

By default, a canvas plane contains one image layer, in addition to the Background layer. You can, however, create several additional image layers for each canvas plane in the Windows > Editors > Canvas Layer Editor.

Note

If your scene does not contain any canvas planes, and you start sketching in a window, Alias opens up the New Canvas option box, prompting you to create a new canvas plane (with a single layer) in the active view.

To create a new image layer

Choose Windows > Editors > Canvas Layer Editor.
Select the image layer above which you want to create a new image layer.
See Select an image layer.
In the Canvas Layer Editor, click the button, or choose Layer > New image layer from the menu.
A blank image layer is added to the canvas plane (above the active image layer) and becomes the active image layer.