Each entry in the Priority Editor indicates the object's name, the order of the object in the stack, and the location of the
object in its branch. There is also a proxy showing what the object looks like in Schematic view.
To access the Priority Editor, swipe the bar at the bottom of the Media or Object menu.
NoteIf a source node is selected in the schematic, the Priority Editor that is displayed is that of the source node (the source
node name is prepended to the branch name).
Use the Priority Editor controls to analyse the scene for changes in rendering priority, to change the rendering priority,
and to cut, copy, and paste priority information from one frame to another. The Priority Editor controls are described as
follows.
- Action Layers Selection box
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Based on the object selection in the Action scene, select an option to determine which Priority Editor to display.
- Analyze and Z-Sort buttons
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Analyse the entire scene (Analyze) or the current frame (Z-Sort). A mark appears in the timebar if there is a change in drawing
order. See
Analyze, Z-Sort, and the Z-Buffer.
- Bring To Front button
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Click to move the selected object one position higher in the stack, in front of the next higher object.
- Push To Back button
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Click to move the selected object one position lower in the stack, behind the next lower object.
- Undo button
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Undoes the last operation. You can undo Cut, Copy, Paste, Reset, and Reset All, but
not Z-Sort and Analyze.
Use the Undo List to view a list of recent operations and revert to a prior state. Select an item in the list to return to
that state. All actions that occurred after the selected item are undone.
- Auto Key button
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- Group button
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Click to create groups of selected media. Use this to analyze, Z-Sort, or manage several media at once. See
Grouping Media.
- Cut, Copy, and Paste buttons
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Cut, copy, and paste priority information between frames.
Note that a mark indicates when a change in priority occurs. If you copy and paste a mark that does not change the priority,
no mark appears on the timebar.
- Reset box
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Select whether to reset priority information for the current frame or for all frames.