The documentation says objects start out on layer 1, but as far as I can tell, an object's layers are initialized to layer 0, which corresponds to a mask of `1`, perhaps the source of the confusion?
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- Create a new Layers object, with an initial mask set to layer 1.
+ Create a new Layers object, with an initial mask set to 1 (layer 0).
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<h2>Properties</h2>