---
title: "Split a picture into layers"
description: "Split into transparent layers."
sidebar:
  label: layers
---

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## Synopsis

```sh
motif layers [image] [options]
```

## Example

A still life split into backdrop, plinth and pot, each on transparency. This is the pot.

```sh
motif layers vessel.jpg
```

<div class="docs-pictures docs-pictures-2">
  <figure>
    <img src="/docs/images/commands/vessel.jpg" alt="A ribbed vessel on a stone plinth against a warm wall" loading="lazy" />
    <figcaption>Before</figcaption>
  </figure>
  <figure>
    <img src="/docs/images/commands/layer-pot.png" alt="The vessel alone on a transparent ground" loading="lazy" />
    <figcaption>One layer</figcaption>
  </figure>
</div>

## Options

| Flag | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| `--text` | Separate the text from the artwork. |
| `--tier <tier>` | Trade cost against quality: fast, balanced, quality. |
| `--dry-run` | Validate and price the call without running it. |

It also takes the [common options](/docs/commands#common-options).

## Models and price

Motif picks the Model for the Tier. Prices are per image where a Model has one; any other shows how it is billed. A rate that depends on the size of the file or the length of the clip is a rate, not a total, so check it with a dry run.

| Model | Chosen at | Price |
| --- | --- | ---: |
| Qwen Image Layered | Balanced | $0.050 |
| Ideogram v3 Text Layerize | Balanced, with `--text` | $0.090 |
| Seedream v5 Pro Layerize | Quality | $0.03375 per generated layer below 1536x1536 total area |

## Dry run

Check the cost before you spend. The output path is where the file would go.

```sh
motif layers vessel.jpg --dry-run --fields cost,costBasis,output
```

```json
{
  "cost": 0.05,
  "costBasis": "projected",
  "output": "vessel-layers.png"
}
```