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Move an object in front or behind

Learn how to move an object in front of another object or behind it

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Written by Craig Wright
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When you are editing your designs, you may find that you want to move an object in front of, or behind, another object. You can do this quickly in Photoroom by moving the layers in your design.

Side-by-side images of a design in Photoroom. The design on the left shows a yellow bag in the foreground, in front of a green bag and a red bag. The image on the right shows the yellow bag moved to the back, with the red bag and green bag in the foreground in front of it.

On iPhone and iPad

To change the order of layers in a Photoroom design on iPhone or iPad:

(Video shows Photoroom on iPhone)

  1. On the Create page, select Your Content and then select the design you want to edit. Alternatively, you could create a new design with multiple layers and then edit that.

  2. Select Layers.

  3. Select and hold a layer that you want to move.

  4. Either:

    1. Drag the layer upwards in the list to move it above other layers into the foreground.

    2. Drag the layer downwards in the list to move it below other layers, towards the background.

  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have arranged the layers into the order you want.

  6. Select Export and use the options to save or share your design.

Note: An alternative way is to select the layer to reveal its settings. Then select Front to move the layer one level up (towards the foreground) or Back to move it one layer down (towards the background).


On Android

To change the order of layers in a Photoroom design on Android:

(Video shows Photoroom on Android)

  1. On the Create page, select Your Content and then select the design you want to edit. Alternatively, you could create a new design with multiple layers and then edit that.

  2. Select the Layers option.

  3. Select and hold a layer that you want to move.

  4. Either:

    1. Drag the layer upwards in the list to move it above other layers into the foreground.

    2. Drag the layer downwards in the list to move it below other layers, towards the background.

  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have arranged the layers into the order you want.

  6. Select Export and use the options to save or share your design.

Note: An alternative way is to select the layer to reveal its settings. Then select Front to move the layer one level up (towards the foreground) or Back to move it one layer down (towards the background).


On Web App

On the Web App, there are several ways to change the layer order. The two most popular ways are:

  • Drag-and-drop the layers in the sidebar

  • Use the context-menu to move a layer in front or behind.

Drag-and-drop the layers in the sidebar

To use drag-and-drop to change the order of layers:

  1. Log into Photoroom at app.photoroom.com.

  2. Open a design in the editor.

  3. Select the gray background area of the editor, around the edges of your canvas. Photoroom displays the layers in the sidebar.

  4. Select the two horizontal bars at the end of a layer in the sidebar and keep the left mouse button pressed down.

  5. Drag the layer up or down in the layer order, where top of the list is the foreground of the image and bottom of the list is the background.

  6. Release the mouse button to drop the layer into its new position.

Note: An alternative way is to select the layer to reveal its settings. Then select Front to move the layer one level up (towards the foreground) or Back to move it one layer down (towards the background).

Use the context-menu to move layers

To use the context-menu (right-click menu) to change the order of layers:

  1. Log into Photoroom at app.photoroom.com.

  2. Open a design in the editor.

  3. Right-click on the layer that you want to move in the layer order.

  4. Select Layers order and then:

    1. Front to move the layer forwards (up) in the layer order.

    2. Back to move the layer backwards (down) in the layer order.


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