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Hiding base layer?
I'm new, with rudimentary skills. Nonetheless, I'm trying to build something for the St. Valentine's Day challenge. On one slide, I want to show a layer when the user clicks on an image. Well, the layer is showing---but so is the base layer. I tried to insert a new trigger that would hide the base layer with that same user click on the image, but hiding the base layer isn't even an option on the new trigger I tried to create (the base layer isn't one of the options).
Is the solution to include a slide-sized rectangle with a new background as part of my second layer to cover the old layer? For some reason, I assumed that the base layer would be automatically hidden when the new layer appears.
I know I must be missing something obvious, but how do I hide that base layer so that I only see the new, second, layer that I created?
Thanks.
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Good question and congrats on doing the challenge. That's a great way to learn to use to software.
Here's a recording that shows a few ways to do what you want to do.
- Cover the base layer
- Hide objects in layer properties
- Selectively hide objects via the layer timeline
- Fill the backgrond
Thank you! I fixed it with #3. I appreciate your help
Cool. Glad it worked. Good luck on the project.
I also had this problem and ended up creating a state "Disabled" for the image when the timeline ended on the base layer. It was a text box so its disabled state used a white font (same color as the background). Not a bad workaround!
