The phrase "a layer of editing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process of refining or revising content, often in the context of writing, film, or other media production.
Example: "After completing the first draft, the author decided to apply a layer of editing to enhance the clarity and flow of the narrative."
Alternatives: "a level of editing" or "an aspect of editing".
"Woodstock," the movie, documented a real experience, but one that was in crucial respects a performance -- even before the filmmakers added their own layer of editing.
Last month, The Times released an internal report that called for swift changes in the newsroom, including more staff training, a commitment to hiring journalists with wider-ranging skills and an elimination of duplicative layers of editing.
While I didn't find the film perfect and felt it could have enjoyed an extra layer of editing, I learned a lot from Everest.
I asked Greg Brock, the senior editor in charge of corrections, why he thinks so many names are misspelled in the paper, especially when The Times has so many layers of editing.
Rupert Murdoch had an office built for him at The Wall Street Journal within days of buying it 14 months ago, and he has made ample use of it — ordering up a wave of changes in the once-staid paper's content and culture, from the addition of a weekly sports page to general news displacing financial news on the front page to the thinning of its layers of editing.
Currently, SnapChat Stories, Twitter Moments and Instagram Spotlights all have a layer of human curation and editing.
When information is compressed, censored, revised or edited, a layer of lost information hovers over the lasting knowledge like a ghost forming an invisible reality that most of us will never see nor realize.
EHP has indicated that it may add another layer of editing by outside scientists to the Science Selection editing process in response to this situation (Beeman and Danelski 2004).
Now comes the layering -- first a layer of sweet, sticky rice, then a layer of mango.
