User Guide

Chapter 7: The Title Editor 101
Reordering objects in three dimensions
Because objects can
overlap one another, it is
easy to get into situations
where an object that should
be completely visible is
partly or whole obscured by
one or more other objects.
In such cases, use the four
reordering commands on the Title Editor’s Layers
menu. These commands affect the currently selected
object, symbolised by rectangle “3” in the diagram.
• Bring to Front: The object is moved out in front all
other objects. In the diagram, object 3 is now in front
of object 1.
• Send to Back: The object moves behind all other
objects. Object 3 is now behind object 5.
• Bring Forward One Layer: Object 3 now lies in
front of objects 2, 4 and 5, but is still behind object 1.
• Send Back One Layer: Object 3 is now behind
objects 1, 2 and 4, but is still in front of object 5.
About text objects
Selecting a text object is different in one important way
from selecting a rectangle or ellipse: the object’s text
field is put into a “ready” state in which any keyboard
activity will cause the field to activate and start
displaying the input text.