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# Customize a design layer's motion and additional properties
When you customize graphics in the Designer, you can use the Transform tab to access a design layer’s position, rotation, scale, transparency, and additional properties such as a shape layer’s skew or a text layer’s column width.
1. In Captivate’s playout interface, select a graphic in the Project List, then click **Edit Graphic**.
2. In the Designer, select a layer or group in the canvas or timeline workspace.
3. Click **Properties > Transform**.
**💡 TIP**\
You can use keyframes to animate Transform settings. See [Animate design layers with keyframes](/design-and-customize-graphics/chapter-index-3/animate-design-layers-with-keyframes.md).
## Transform the position, rotation, and scale of layers
In the Transform section, click the **Position**, **Rotation**, or **Scale** slider or arrows, or double-click the value and enter a new value.
**💡 TIP**\
Click the lock icon (tooltip: Lock aspect ratio) next to the Scale settings to adjust X, Y, and Z simultaneously and preserve aspect ratio. image::captivate-fusion-3/design-graphics/build-from-scratch/customize-motion-and-additional-properties/image\_6576.png\[Lock button]
**💡 TIP**\
Click **Reset All** to reset all Transform settings, or click the reset icon next to Position, Rotation, or Scale to reset that group only. image::captivate-fusion-3/design-graphics/build-from-scratch/customize-motion-and-additional-properties/image\_8829.png\[Reset button]
## Set transparency
Click the **Opacity** slider or arrows, or double-click the value.
{% hint style="info" %}
Adjusting Opacity from the Transform tab applies across all style elements of that design layer.
{% endhint %}
## Hide design layers
Mark **Hide shape** or **Hide paragraph** to hide a layer.
## Isolate design layers
Mark **Isolate Layer** to prevent the design layer from cutting into other design layers.
{% hint style="info" %}
Isolated design layers render separately, which takes longer to render the design.
{% endhint %}
## Render effects inside a paragraph box
Mark **Clip to Paragraph Box** to limit the render area of effects to within the boundary of a text box.
## Adjust margins
When **Clip to Paragraph Box** is marked, click the **Margin** slider or arrows to change the clip margin.
## Adjust the width of columns
Click the **Column Width** slider or arrows, or double-click the value, to change the tabbed spacing between columns of text.
**💡 TIP**\
To create two columns: enter the first line for the first column, press **Tab**, then the first line for the second column. Repeat for each line.
Example with column width 0:
Example with column width 26:
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