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# 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.

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).

(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.

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