ADOBE DIRECTOR 11.0
User Guide
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Ease-Out
defines the percentage of the sprite span through which the sprite decelerates.
Switching a sprite’s cast members
To show different content while maintaining all other sprite properties, exchange the cast member assigned to a
sprite. This technique is useful when you have tweened a sprite and you decide to use a different cast member. When
you exchange the cast member, the tweening path stays the same.
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To change a cast member in every frame, select an entire sprite. To change a cast member only in certain frames,
select part of a sprite.
To select part of a sprite, press Alt and click the first frame that you want to select. Then press Alt
(Windows) or Alt (Mac) and click each additional frame that you want to select.
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Open the Cast window and select the cast member you want to use next in the animation.
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Do one of the following:
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Select Edit > Exchange Cast Members.
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Click the Exchange Cast Members button on the Director toolbar (Window > Toolbar).
If you selected an entire sprite, Director replaces the cast member for the entire sprite.
Before cast members are exchanged, the sprite moves like this.
After cast members are exchanged, the sprite still moves in the same way, but it displays a different cast member.
You can also use Lingo or JavaScript™ syntax to switch the cast member assigned to a sprite. For more information,
see
Assigning a cast member to a sprite with Lingo or JavaScript syntax
.
Editing sprite frames
To change how a sprite is selected and how keyframes are created, use the Edit Sprite Frames option. Use this option
with sprites that have animation that must be adjusted frequently; it is especially useful for cell animation in which
each frame contains a different cast member in a different position.
Ordinarily, clicking a sprite on the Stage or in the Score selects the entire sprite.
When Edit Sprite Frames is turned on for a certain sprite, clicking the sprite selects a single frame. Any change you
make to a tweenable property, such as moving a sprite on the Stage, defines a new keyframe.
