Overall, image layers within WinImages are a powerful, flexible and easy to use means to build up complex images from simple components. Images may have any number of layers, based on memory. Mask Brighten Darken Color Saturated Color Value Color Negative Monochrome Negative Monochrome Image layers may be moved to any degree, relative to the master display image. You can open more than one view on any layer - even at different magnifications. ELF is an open file format.
Complete details are in the documentation.
Where the Nuke layer is over the text layers, the layers are brightened by the addition process. Where the Nuke is under the text, the text simply overlays the Nuke. Then the master was saved as a JPEG, and that's all there was to it.