About working with layers in rollovers and animations
You work with layers in ImageReady to create rollover buttons and animations. Placing the image content for a rollover on its own layer allows you to make changes to the layer's style, visibility, and position to create rollover effects. Likewise, placing each element of an animation on its own layer establishes it as an independent object and enables you to change the position and appearance of the object across a series of frames.
You can also work with rollover effects for layer slices other than the one you have selected. You can use these remote rollovers to create effects such as launching an application or running an animation in the Over state. See Creating remote rollovers.
Illustration of a rollover. The button is on its own layer; effects are added to the layer to create a new appearance of the button for the Over state. The text for the word "EVENTS" is also on a separate layer.
Illustration of an animation. The bicycle image is on its own layer; the position of the layer changes in each frame of the animation.
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