Layers are the feature that does most of the heavy lifting in GIMP. In this episode we begin looking at them with an introduction, but we'll go deeper!
Links:
https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/
https://www.animationconnection.com/about-the-art/original-production-cels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCF_(file_format)
https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/alpha_channel.html
https://www.ahuka.com/gimp/introduction-to-layers/