Hi, there in this video, you're going to learn about layers if you're coming from Illustrator or Photoshop,
you should already have a pretty good idea what layers are and how the whole concept of layers work.
However, I'm going to cover it anyway to shed any clouds.
There are about layers.
Let's understand it using this image here.
You can see a camera facing down and three layers titled On the right.
If I add a rectangle on the first layer and the camera clicks a picture, it should be able to cover
the entire rectangle that's lying on the first layer.
Now let me add another rectangle on layer two.
Let's also shorten that rectangle in a way about the rectangle on layer one covers the entire rectangle
on layer two when the camera takes a picture.
Now, do you think the pink rectangle will be captured by the camera?
Of course not, because it is completely hidden under the element of the first layer, which is a bigger
rectangle.
Now let's make another rectangle only three and enlarge its size.
This time, when the camera clicks a picture, do you think the rectangle on layer three will be there
in the image?
Yes, it will be there, but only the two sides that are extended beyond the sides of the rectangle
on the first layer.
So this is the basic concept of layers.
If you understand this well, you'll never face difficulty with layers in InDesign or Photoshop or Illustrator
as well.
Now, let's quickly put this concept to use and create a letter sized document in InDesign.
Drag the layers panel out If you don't see the layers panel, go to a window and you should find it
sitting under it, or you can press the shortcut F7.
At this point, you should be able to see just one layer on the layers panel.
Double click it and rename it texture, not click the small plus button at the bottom of the Layers
panel to add another layer.
Now, double click this new layer and rename it text.
Similarly, make another layer and rename it image.
Actually, let's click and drag the text layer on top.
Next, look, the image and texture layers by clicking the empty space right next to the icon and you
shall find a lock appearing next to each of the layers, which means now you should not be able to move
any element or create any elements within these two layers.
With the text layer selected, grab the text tool and make a text box covering half of the page approximately
right.
Click the text box and fill it with some placeholder text.
Change the font to Roboto, Black says the text looks too busy.
Let's divided into two paragraphs and delete the rest of the text.
Now select the entire text and increase the font size to 18 points.
All right, our task in the text layer is completed.
Let's lock the text layer, and now you should know how to lock a layer and then unlock the image layer
to unlock a layer.
You just need to click the lock icon once and it shall be unlocked.
So basically it's a toggle switch.
At this point, let's add some bleed to our document because we'll be extending the image from one corner
to the other.
So go to file and then documents set up.
Let me introduce another nice feature of InDesign.
You could see that the unit of measurement is set to pikas.
But for some reason, I don't know pikas.
Or let's just say I'm not comfortable with this unit of measurement, but I know pretty well the measurements
in millimeters.
So what I'm going to do is enter three m m, m m four mm and take my keys somewhere else on the panel.
And you could see that InDesign does the calculation perfectly and enters the 3mm equivalent of pikas
into the bleed field.
And this works for other units of measurement as well.
So do make use of this amazing feature.
Now I'm going to hit OK and I should find the documents surrounded by three mm bleed.
Let's grab the rectangle frame tool and make a rectangle covering the rest half of the page and ensure
to include the bleed space as well.
I go to file and then place and locate the image from the computer and hit a K.
So now we've got a TaxSlayer and the image layer ready.
And at this point, none of the two layers so far is disturbing or hiding the other layer in any way.
You can check the document in the preview mode as well, and for that, just hit the letter W..
And you should be able to see how the documents will look once printed.
Hit the W key again, and it's going to be back to the normal editing mode.
Now log the image layer and unlock the texture layer with the texture layer selected, grab the rectangle
frame tool and make a rectangle from one corner to the other, covering the entire page, including
the blade.
You should be able to see that we are able to view only half of the frame that we have just made because
the image layer is right on top of the texture layer and it's hiding the rest of the rectangle frame.
You should be able to connect the dots now of what we discussed in the beginning of this lesson when
I spoke about the camera capturing those images of different layers.
Anyway, let's go to file and then place and locate the image from your computer and hit open.
Now you see, since the texture layer is right at the bottom, even on the screen, it is behind the
image and the text.
Once I drag the texture layer on top, you'll find that since this layer covers the entire page, everything
under it is now hidden.
This is the right time to introduce another concept to you.
So first of all, have your texture layer selected.
And then right click and go to effects and then transparency in the proper menu.
Ensure that your preview option is tagged, and let's change the blending mode to overlay.
What overlay blending mode does is that it multiplies or screens the color depending on the base.
Color patterns or colors overlay the existing pixels while preserving the highlights and shadows of
the base color.
The base color is not replaced, but mixed with the blend color to reflect the lightness or darkness
of the original color.
Which is why when you zoom in on this image, you'll find how brilliantly this image is fused with the
texture layer, giving it a different look altogether, and all those layers can have sub layers as
well.
So if I click the small white arrow on the texture layer, you can find that this layer has just one
sub layer underneath.
If you keep on adding other elements to this layer, it will be stacked up here.
Similarly, you'll find the sub layers of text and image layers.
All these layers so far have just one sub layer because we did not add a lot of different elements to
them.
You can even select an element from this small square on the right.
So suppose we want to move this image from image layer to the texture layer.
So I'm going to click the square once to select it and then click Hold and drag it to the texture layer.
The moment it is moved do the texture layer.
It loses the special effect it had when it was the bottom layer because by moving it, the entire algorithm
changes.
Now, when we click the texture layer, you shall find there are two sub layers.
The one on top is the image sub layer that we just moved, and the other one is the texture layer,
which was originally here.
Let's undo the last action to put the image back to its place, so it's advisable to make optimal use
of layers by placing objects on different layers and organizing them for easy selection and editing.
All right, guys, that concludes our session.
Next, we'll be talking about another important topic, which is.
So see you that.