# Layer - Maxon Autograph

> Part of the documentation index for Maxon Autograph (https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/llms.txt). Section path: Layer. 16 page(s) in this section.

Overview page:

- [Layer](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Category_Layer.html.md)

## Pages

- [Adding Layers (Layer)](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Baseline_adding_layers.html.md): A layer is the basic element that makes up a composition, which is based on the concept of a stack. When you unfold a layer, you have access to all of its …
- [Source and Mask](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Source_and_mask.html.md): The layer Source parameter is an image-type parameter that lets you connect to or generate a graphic source.The word connect is very important here …
- [Visibility/Extend Layer Range](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Visibility_and_range.html.md): Unlike other layer-based compositing software, a layer in Autograph doesn't have any IN or OUT points. The existence of a layer is managed by the …
- [Blending Modes](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Blending_modes.html.md): Blending modes can be accessed either by clicking on the button on the layer's main line (first arrow in the image below), or on the list of the layer's …
- [Adjustment Layer](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Adjustment_layer.html.md): An Adjustment Layer applies one or more Modifiers to all layers below it in the stack according to its Alpha channel.Any layer can be turned into a …
- [Active Layer](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Active_Layer.html.md): When selecting several layers in the Stack, you'll notice that the last layer selected is a different color. This is known as the Active layer:
- [Guide Layer](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Guide_layer.html.md): A Guide layer is available by right-clicking on a layer in the Timeline or Viewer, then going to Options and clicking on Guide Layer. This option means …
- [Filter and Supersampling](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Filter_Supersampling.html.md): During a layer’s multiple transformations, its Source pixels are moved, enlarged, compressed, and rotated. As a result:
- [Preserve underlying Transparency](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Preserve_transparency.html.md): Each layer in the stack has an Alpha channel allowing you to make some of its pixels totally or partially transparent. This allows you to cut out the …
- [Bounding Box](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Bounding_box.html.md): The Bounding Box (BBox) of a layer, also referred to as the Region of Definiton (ROD) in some software, defines an area containing pixels that will be …
- [Motion Blur (Layer)](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Motion_blur.html.md): The way our eyes work plays a big role in how our brains interpret a series of images as movement. The persistence of our retina’s vision retains the …
- [Retiming](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Retiming.html.md): In order to define a time reference, Autograph provides Time parameters. These parameters allow you to perform operations such as setting a time offset …
- [Crop and Rasterize](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Crop_and_rasterize.html.md): When applying transformations to a layer, the Source type used may or may not produce a pixelation effect:
- [Parenting](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/Parenting.html.md): Parenting consists of adding an additional parent layer transformation to a layer's transformation.
- [3D Mode (Layer)](https://help.maxon.net/ag/en-us/Content/html/3D_mode.html.md): Any 2D layer can have 3D capabilities added to it in order to merge it with 3D elements. To switch a layer to 3D mode, simply click on the 2D/3D button on …
