How to insert Image in layer

[tanvirtonu1]

I added a layer, then theres no way to add any picture in new layer. If I import from file, it makes a new background .layer. But I want to make a new layer as forground and insert picture in it.

[Noswad]

Can you copy the picture, go to edit, and click paste into new layer? That's what I do.

[tanvirtonu1]

Yes, that worked ...but I needed to import from a file first which makes a new unnecessary layer, then I copy the picture from this layer to another layer...I shud have done this with a single layer as I do in photoshop.

[avim1968]

I added a layer, then theres no way to add any picture in new layer. If I import from file, it makes a new background .layer. But I want to make a new layer as forground and insert picture in it.

Hi tanvirtonu1

Welcome to the forum :-)

when you use "Import from file" it places the image in a "new" layer as the top layer (most forground layer) , and just add the text ":background" to it

which you can rename using the layer properties.

If you already have a new layer you can do as Noswad said :-)

Avi

Edited October 26, 2012 by avim1968

[tanvirtonu1]

Thanx a lot. When I import from a file it adds the image in a NEW layer but it names it- background layer. WHY ?

[Ego Eram Reputo]

The new layer name is an amalgam of the imported File name and the name of the layer the image contains.

If you have a file named Teddy.PDN and it has a single layer named 'Bear' the new layer name would be 'Teddy : Bear'.

If the imported file does not support layering, the default name of 'Background' is applied to the imported layer. Hence the layer is called something like "Filename : Background"