Hiding base layer?

Feb 09, 2022

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.

4 Replies

Tom Kuhlmann
Staff

2 years ago02/09/22 at 11:51 pm (UTC)

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

2 years ago02/10/22 at 12:46 am (UTC)

Thank you! I fixed it with #3. I appreciate your help

Tom Kuhlmann
Staff

2 years ago02/10/22 at 1:34 am (UTC)

Cool. Glad it worked. Good luck on the project.

Gwen Crowder

2 years ago02/10/22 at 9:29 pm (UTC)

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!