Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2

Layers in the Adobe Creative Suite applications can serve many purposes. They provide a way to build compositions in Photoshop that use all the powerful tools that application offers, yet give you the ability to easily change your mind. You can rearrange and edit the layers to create dynamic, new compositions.

In complex artwork in InDesign and Illustrator, layers are optional, but worth the effort: They give you added flexibility, allowing you to turn off layers you don't need to see, or quickly select and work with the parts you do.

In all applications, you can use layers to create different versions for different languages, different regional editions, or anything else your creativity can imagine.