How to make a view appear translucent

Question

I'm using this to bring up a new view

[self presentModalViewController:secondViewController animated:YES];

This completely covers the original view. Is there a way to make the second view translucent so that parts of the original view can still be seen? Can it be done in Interface Builder?

Answer 1

In Interface Builder you can make the background-color of the view clearColor and make sure there is a tick at Opaque.

Answer 2

I think, but not positive, that there is no easy way to make a modal view controllers view transparent. Im sure I needed to do this once but had to take a different approach. Would it be possible for you to just use a standard view and animate it as if it were a modal view controller?