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Composer: layers, blending and PSD export

In the Composer, each element lives on its own layer. Blending then integrates each product into the setting: lighting, reflections, shadows and colors are harmonized, and the product stays accurate. At the end, you export a layered Photoshop file or send the composition to another Seelab tool.


Example: three products in a 16:9 setting


A 1920 × 1080 px canvas, a travertine setting and three cut-out products.


Before blending

After blending

The products placed on the setting

Reflections, lighting and shadows harmonized


Layers


The Layers panel after blending


  • Add a layer opens the Resource Hub to add an image: setting, product, character.
  • Move, resize, align each layer directly on the canvas.
  • Remove background cuts out a layer (2 credits).
  • The Layers panel, on the right, lists the layers: reorder them to change their display order.


Blending


  1. Select a product's layer.
  2. Click blend. Seelab creates a Fusion layer that integrates the product into the scene (up to 7 credits).
  3. Compare the result. retry generates another version; Unblend goes back.
  4. Repeat for each product.


Blend products one at a time, and make sure the background layer's blend button isn't triggered by mistake.


If the blend isn't right: run it again with retry, or undo it with Unblend, adjust the layer's position or size, then blend again.


Export


  • Download all downloads the composition:
    • as a .ZIP, with the images;
    • as a .PSD, a Photoshop file where each Composer layer stays a separate layer.
  • Use composition in sends the composition to Edit, Reframe, Magnify or Video to keep going: retouching, format variations, upscaling or animation.


Useful when:


  • your studio wants to review or retouch layer by layer in Photoshop: export as .PSD;
  • the visual must exist in several formats: send it to Reframe;
  • you want a product video from the composition: send it to Video.


Glossary


  • Layers: the composition's layers panel.
  • blend: the action that blends a layer into the scene.
  • Fusion layer: the layer created by blending.
  • retry: generate another version of the blend.
  • Unblend: undo a layer's blend.
  • PSD: the layered Photoshop format, exportable from the Composer.

Updated on: 31/10/2026

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