# Working With Layers

When you import an image or draw in a panel, you are actually adding artwork to one of its layers. By default, each panel has two layers, a background (BG) and a foreground layer (A).

As you add layers, they are automatically assigned subsequent letters in alphabetical order, but they can be renamed manually. They are also placed behind the other layers in the panel.

Working on multiple layers increases the reusability of your drawing as you move from shot- to-shot or scene-to-scene. Each layer or part of a layer can be dragged from the selected shot into any other shot reducing drawing time.

The following tasks describe how to work with layers:

- Drawing on Layers
- Adding Layers
- Deleting Layers
- Renaming Layers
- Arranging Layers
- Copying Layers
- Displaying Layers with the Light Table
- Merging Layers
- Locking or Unlocking Layers
- Spreading Layer Motion Across Panels