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Layers Inspector

Layer Properties:

The Visible checkbox lets you set whether or not a layer is drawn.

The Edit Mask checkbox lets you set whether you are editing the layer's contents or editing its mask (which is used like a stencil to hide parts of the layer's contents).

The Masks popup lets you choose how the contents of the mask layer are interpreted when masking the layer's contents.

The Name field lets you set the name of the layer. The layer name is just to help you keep your layers organized.

The Opacity field lets you set how opaque the layer is. 100% opacity fully draws the layer and 0% opacity makes the layer completely transparent (effectively invisible).

The Blend popup lets you set the blending mode for the layer. This affects how the contents of a layer are combined with the rest of the image.

For Filter layers, the Filter slice is also shown. This lets you edit the properties of the filter.