Visual editor for designing augmented-reality effects and configuring rendering parameters

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

• receive one or more inputs of a user of an augmented-reality design editor for designing augmented-reality effects through a graphical user interface of the augmented-reality design editor;
• associate a first visual object with a first rendering order specified by the one or more inputs of the user through the graphical user interface, the first visual object being defined in a three-dimensional space;
• associate a second visual object with a second rendering order specified by the one or more inputs of the user through the graphical user interface, the second visual object being defined in the three-dimensional space;
• display a preview of an augmented-reality effect by rendering the first and second visual objects according to the first and second rendering orders specified by the user in real-time through the graphical user interface of the augmented-reality design editor, wherein the augmented-reality effect is displayed in at least two different views on the graphical user interface of the augmented-reality design editor;
• and
• store information associated with the first visual object, the first rendering order, the second visual object, and the second rendering order in one or more files.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:
• receive one or more inputs of a user of an augmented-reality design editor for designing augmented-reality effects through a graphical user interface of the augmented-reality design editor;
• associate a first visual object with a first rendering order specified by the one or more inputs of the user through the graphical user interface, the first visual object being defined in a three-dimensional space;
• associate a second visual object with a second rendering order specified by the one or more inputs of the user through the graphical user interface, the second visual object being defined in the three-dimensional space;
• display a preview of an augmented-reality effect by rendering the first and second visual objects according to the first and second rendering orders specified by the user in real-time through the graphical user interface of the augmented-reality design editor, wherein the augmented-reality effect is displayed in at least two different views on the graphical user interface of the augmented-reality design editor;
• and
• store information associated with the first visual object, the first rendering order, the second visual object, and the second rendering order in one or more files.