Is there a way to make a layer transparent?

Is there a way to make a layer transparent?

And is there a way to make a symbol transparent?

And if so, how do you do those two things?

Questions quite not understood.. Do you mean that all the contents on a layer needs to be transparent?

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if you want to make a layer invisible on the stage just for a short time while you keep working on another layer (e.g. something in the way) you can just press the eyeball icon to make it invisible.

if you want to make something transparent, say and entire layer, you will need to first make the thing you want to be transparent a symbol.

then, in the properties tab, under ''color'' select the option ''alpha'' 100% is visible, 50% is half transparent, and 0% is totally invisible.

hope it helps.

Hey, thanks, everyone, you were all really helpful!