Groups Overview

A group bundles layers together and carries its own source image. It works like a folder in the Layers panel: it can hold layers, other groups, and the image that feeds every fill inside it.

The document itself is the top-level group, so even a basic project is already using one.

Groups and source images

Each group can have its own source image, and a fill uses whichever one is nearest above it. If a group doesn't have an image of its own, it borrows its parent's — and that keeps going up to the document root.

That inheritance is what keeps multi-image work tidy. Set one photo at the top and every nested group runs off it, or override it at any level with a different image. A single document can trace a portrait from one image, a background texture from another, and an imported element from a third.

When to use groups

• Keep related layers together and the Layers panel readable.
• Move, transform, or hide a bunch of layers at once.
• Give part of the document its own source image.
• Import another Vexy Lines document as a reusable group.
• Control how masks interact across a group with Group Overlay.

Building clean documents

Name your groups and keep related layers inside them. A tidy hierarchy makes it much easier to grab the right object, swap a source image and see every fill update, and find your way around when you come back to it later.