Hi folks.

I have a need to write a kind of virtual light box, but in reverse. The need arises because of some drawing software I have that doesn't support layers very well and I need to trace outline drawings on a Wacom tablet.

With a light box you place your picture underneath your media and draw on a clean sheet of paper on top, much the same as having an underlying layer in a graphics program. However I kind of need the opposite. Because this software 'I Need to use' doesn't handle layers well I need an overlay program that will display a graphic with adjustable opacity, that the mouse or stylus can draw through onto the application underneath.

I've been a VB person for decades and have some limited graphical ability, but I wouldn't know where to start with this, or even if it's possible at all. Anyone have any ideas?

Please don't say - use a better drawing app, this isn't an option.

Thanks.