PS Elements 4.0

=_= I looked in the memories, but maybe I missed it.

I'm trying to do something so easy, yet it's so hard. I'm trying to make an animated icon that gradually gets darker, with different text on each layer. But when I add a new layer, and change it to multiply, the text from the first layer shows through as well. Can someone please explain how to do this correctly?

I figured it out. I had to do each different layer in different boxes, multiply them there and flatten the image. Then I was able to put them on the base of my icon, and the text would appear, but the background was darker.