Accessing the Priority Editor

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.

(a) Drawing order of objects in the scene  (b) Priority Editor controls  

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

Based on the object selection in the Action scene, select an option to determine which Priority Editor to display.

Analyze button

Click to analyze the entire scene for changes in rendering priority.

Z-Sort button

Click to analyze the current frame for changes in rendering priority.

See Analyze, Z-Sort, and the Z-Buffer.

Bring To Front button

Click to move the selected object one position higher in the stack, in front of the next higher object.

Push To Back button

Click to move the selected object one position lower in the stack, behind the next lower object.

Undo button

Undoes the last Priority Editor operation, except for Z-Sort or Analyze.

Use Action's 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

Enable to create keyframes when reordering media. See Creating Keyframes Using the Priority Editor.

Group button

Click to create groups of selected media (use this to analyze, Z-Sort, or manage several lines of media at once). See Grouping Media.

Cut button

Click to cut priority information between frames.

Copy button

Click to copy priority information between frames.

Paste button

Click to paste priority information between frames.

Reset box

Select whether to reset priority information for the current frame or for all frames.