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Layers
Although the Layers panels in both Fireworks and Photoshop are similar in appearance, layers in Fireworks work very differently than layers in Photoshop.
In Photoshop, a layer is like a flat piece of transparency paper. When you paint on a layer, you replace any pixels already on that layer, whether they are transparent or colored. Once an element is created, it becomes a permanent part of the layer. To retain editability for specific parts of the image, you must place each part of the image on a separate layer.
Photoshop Layers panel
By default, Fireworks handles layers more like FreeHand or Illustrator. When you draw a shape in Fireworks, it becomes a new object on the current layer. A layer in Fireworks is like a container holding as many objects as you want to put in it. This allows you to move objects from one layer to another, or edit and delete objects without affecting other objects on the same layer. Objects within a Fireworks layer still appear above or below one another; in other words, objects still have a stacking order within a layer.
Fireworks Layers panel
Note: If you like the way Photoshop layers work, you can set Fireworks layers to behave similarly. Choose Single Layer Editing from the Options pop-up menu of the Fireworks Layers panel.
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