3D Animation, Layers: Layered Organization [Blogs experimental] [Blender]
When complex scenes are handled with a large number of elements is necessary to organize the objects so that their display can be deleted and, or, to simplify calculation and rendering handling.
Concept “layer” 3D animation differs substantially from that associated with programs dimensional image retouching, where the layers overlap in order (high to low depth) influencing the resulting final image.