Problem with Render Layers

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I’m having a hard time working out what Render Layers are for and/or how they are used. I created a scene with a cube on Layer 1 and a sphere on Layer 2. I then created two render layers, and set one to render Scene layer 1 and the other to render Scene layer 2. However when I then selected my first render layer it also was now set to render scene layer 2. Whichever scene layer I set in one render layer was also reflected in the other. Am I doing something wrong? I’m trying to learn to use the compositor but these basic ideas seem to be eluding me.

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Select both layers in the Scene layers and select the layer you want to render in the Layers.
http://www.screencast.com/users/blenderwho/folders/Jing/media/7389ec91-61f7-4016-93aa-13bfe0ca38d0

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Thanks! I was doing it the wrong way around.