TOPIC LOCATION:     `Stage Editor`

PRECEDING TOPIC:    `Status Line`
FOLLOWING TOPIC:    `Save Changes`

Elements that exists in the Stage Editor are called`actors`; the familiar
metaphor of`actors`on a stage is used to simplify the creation of
animation scenes.

The Stage Editor is the module in which lets you:

`Load`, position and align finished objects that were created in the
`Forms`,`Detail`or`Cycle Editors`.

Position and align the`camera`either to set up a single scene or to
"shoot" an entire animation.  You will be able to dynamically track the
`camera`to certain objects or axes and perform any combination of pans,
tilts, zooms, rotations, etc.

Add and position`light sources`.  These`light sources`can be controlled
in a variety of ways including`intensity`and`color`.

Adjust animation`global`values that will affect the entire`world`.

Stage Editor is what "glues" the different Imagine modules together to
create finished scenes and animation for final rendering in the`Project
Editor`.  

