Layers in Blender 2.8 (Collections)

This video is to help anyone who is confused about the layer change in blender 2.8. If you have any questions, feel free to comment, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

[gopniy_volos]

I want old layers. NOT stupid collections. Its folders now.

[isolte]

Dived into 2.8 from 2.79 for the first time today. Thank you very much for taking the time and effort to make this video.

[rosequartz]

thank you i'm an absolute beginner and i was following an old tutorial and got confused when he mentioned layers :) very helpful

[MB-ebed]

Old video but this helped me now. I could not for the life of me understand what a collection was for but now it makes more sense as just a layer. Photoshop sets layers up on the right like this

[UnleashTheGreen]

it might be useful for someone wanting to open a pre existing file, to know that after opening it they have to right click on the "collection" to "enable" it to be viewed in the viewport, other wise it will remain hidden.

[UndineCollinson]

Thank you for the little video, it explains exactly what I needed to know. I wasn't aware of the change until I started to need layers and your video says it very nicely. thanks XD

[jousboxx]

Thanks! I think this way will be a lot easier to work with. Now there is no possibility of running out of layers. It will also keep the object list organized so I won't have to scroll through hundreds of trees and bushes to find what I'm looking for.

[cristinapaixao]

Thank you so much for your tutorial. I was really confused. It helped to clarify my issue. Tks again.

[riskyanalysis]

I am very used to the "Move to Layer" shortcut, this'll be a change. Thanks for the info.

[Manim]

Am I the only one who feels like the Blender Foundation are more interested in attracting new users to the platform than giving a crap about the long time loyal users? I hate the new Left Click too! Yuch! And that came after the founder himself said in an interview that the 'right click to select' will NEVER change!
Don't get me wrong, I love that it's making leaps and bounds, and that other software like Unreal Engine are now supporting it, but removing 'layers' is just changing stuff for the sake of it! Rant over :)

[glenn]

Blender is a cool application, new to Blender here,

[faceless]

Thanks a lot, couldn't find the layers and this helped

[alexd]

thnx man was very succinct and helped me allot

[nateordie]

thx this was helpful they kept saying use collections in the docs but didn't explain how to add a collection.

[Cavistus]

oh god thank you for this video this is exactly what i needed. 2.8 is annoying as fuck but there are too many improvements to stick with 2.79

[Dapper_the_slapper]

Thanks for clearing that up for me. This collection system is terrible :(

[UnleashTheGreen]

btw did they fix the weight paint transfer tools they completely broke in 2.79?

[nzredwolf]

that is basically 2.79 but you inverted the colours. as you can see at the top bar, it's orange

[volgg]

i personally like this a lot more, because im only just learning Blender and i come from Modo 3D background, so it's a lot more similar this way.

[maxostlund]

How did you make your UI look like the old 2.79 UI? Also thanks for this video