Transform effects are appearing below content, not above

Quite right, Kurt.

But I believe they will claim to be misunderstood lizards.

Jacob, consequentially your second red shot shows the crocodile death rolls, as far as I can see. Is that right?

Pretty coherent sketch.

Peter,

Would that be the Scottish play, or are you too close to the theatre to give an answer?

Indeed, Kurt, ever waiting for those foolhardy enough to plunge in(to the unknown).

Hence the (rather solid) colour of the water.

Thanks, Jacob, for clarifying my blather. I've been Shakespeareing all day, and haven't checked back here to survey the damage. Yes, I am in an off-the-beaten-track time zone, and keep out-of-standard hours therein.

Apparantly, there are four snoopy crocodiles at the edges in your first red sketch, Jacob.

What are they doing there? Are they dangerous?

Obviously, Kurt.

I forgot to mention that it is, of course, possible to correct the (almost) desired size of the largest one, simply multiplying/dividing by the relative inaccuracy in the Transform palette (in the case below it was about 1.0002).

The switch of order as suggested by Peter can be seen here, with a filled square and a slower scaling, showing the inversion of the stacking order quite clearly.

Obviously, your last sentence is rather insane, Jacob, but all in all I think that you clarified a bit and Peter may have a well-deserved catnap.

Kurt,

I am certain that Peter (it is rather early/late for him) means that the effect of the inherent and unchangeable order is countered by starting from the small end, so larger will be behind smaller, as desired.

Obviously, to get (almost) the same size of the largest one, it is necessary to invert the settings (inverse scaling and rotation and a starting size that equals the desired ending size divided by the [number of copies]th power of the (inverse) scaling (was that sane speak?).

Your approach sounds promising, Peter. Unfortunately I cannot confirm the reverse order.

Guess by "it stacks the other way" you mean that the copies are then created above the original path, don't you?

What am I missing?