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Layers

Last updated on 27 May 2025
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An annotated image showing the Layers tab in Settings
  1. Pixel Fitting will round layers to nearest whole pixel and makes sure they don’t sit on fractional pixels when you draw, move or resize them.
  2. Layer Distributing option lets you decide what happens when layers cannot be distributed evening using full pixels.
  3. New Text Styles remembers the last text color and alignment you used, so every new text layer matches your style, automatically.
  4. New Layer Styles includes corner radius values when you create a new Layer Style. This setting is on by default.
  5. Importing gives you the option to scale down images to fit inside frames and import PDFs as vector paths.
  6. Frame Export gives you the option to choose how frames are ordered when you export them as a PDF.
  7. Drawing Layers lets you hold Shift to lock the proportions of new layers as you draw them, making it easier to create perfect shapes.
  8. Editing Shapes lets you choose whether not to close the path by clicking on the first, or last, end point when editing an open path.
  9. Frames prompts you to convert groups with background layers into frames when opening a document. You’ll see a notification at the bottom of the Canvas.
  10. Duplicating will offset duplicates by 10px and automatically rename them to keep layer names unique.
  11. Flatten Bitmaps lets you choose what resolution you would like bitmap images to be flattened to when using the Layer > Flatten Selection to Bitmap command.
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