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Use layer grouping to organize layers.

For example, if drawing a car, you may want to group the layers with tires and hubcaps together, create another group for layers containing the body, headlights, windshield, etc., and a final one for interior components.

Grouping layers in SketchBook Pro Desktop

There are an assortment of tools for grouping, all found in the first section of the Layer Menu.

Here is an example of how groups of layers look in the Layer Editor:

1. Layer Menu
2. Layer Blending
3. Show/Hide Layer
4. Color Label
5. Collapse/Expand Layer Group

Creating a layer group

There are three different ways to create a layer group, in the Layer Editor:

1. Click Layer Menu and select New Group.

   

2. Click .

   

3. Shift-select the layers you want grouped and click and select Group Layers.

   

   To ungroup layers, select the group folder, click and select Ungroup.

Adding a layer to a group

To add a layer to a group, click the layer’s and drag it either onto the Group folder or over a layer within the group.

Showing/hiding a layer group

To hide the content in a layer group, tap . Tap to display the content.

If you want to see some of the group content, you can hide individual layers within the group.

Colored layer or layer group assignments

Assign a color to a layer to makes it easier to distinguish one layer or group from another.

To assign a color, in the Layer Editor, with a layer or group selected, tap-hold , then flick a color.

To unassign a color, select .

Collapsing/Expanding a group

To collapse a group and hide its layers in the Layer Editor, tap . When a group is collapsed, its icon changes to . Tap it to expand the group and see its layers.

Layer blending for groups

When a layer group is selected, the Blend Mode changes to Pass Through. Any blend mode applied to a layer will affect all layers below it, including ones not in the group. If the group is set to Normal, any blend mode applied to a layer within the group affects only layers in that group.

Group with Pass Through applied Layer with Multiply applied

Group with Normal applied

Layer with Multiply applied

Grouping layers in SketchBook Pro Mobile

Grouping layers in SketchBook Pro Windows 10