Import Image Layer Options

Layer Type

Image – Imports the image as an image layer.

Mask(Luminance) – Imports the image as a mask layer, using the image’s luminance values as a mask.

Mask(Transparency) – Imports the image as a mask layer, using the image’s transparency (that is, its alpha channel) as a mask.

Always create New Canvas

If this option is checked on, the layer is imported into a new canvas created in the active window. If it is checked off, the import operation behaves as follows:

• If there are picked canvas(es) and/or construction plane(s), the layer is imported into each picked canvas or construction plane. (Construction planes are thus converted into canvases.)
• If nothing is picked, the layer is imported into the active canvas.
• If there is no active canvas in the active window, the layer is imported into a new canvas created in the active window.