ADOBE DIRECTOR 11.0
User Guide
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Click Save As Default to apply the settings to all movies created during the session. These settings are lost after
you close and re-open Director
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Click Defaults to revert to the default settings.
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Click OK to save changes and return to the movie.
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Click Publish to publish the projector with these settings.
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Click Cancel to reject changes and return to the movie.
Setting Shockwave options
Use the Shockwave tab to set options that determine the Shockwave Player version, how images are compressed, how
users interact with the movie once it’s published, and more.
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Select File > Publish Settings and select the Shockwave tab.
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Select the options you want to provide for your users:
Image Compression:
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Standard:
Select Standard to apply compression techniques used by Director in versions 4 through 7. This
setting is suitable for graphics with few colors.
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JPEG:
Select JPEG and specify the image quality setting by moving the slider to a value between 0% and
100%. The higher the percentage, the less the image is compressed.
Compression Enabled
lets you compress the sound in your movie. Select this option and select the level of
compression from the kBits/second menu. For more information about sound compression, see
Compressing
internal sounds with Shockwave Audio
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Convert Stereo To Mono
lets you convert stereo audio to monaural. This option is available only if Shockwave
Audio Compression is enabled.
Enabled Context Menu items:
Include Cast Member Comments
lets you include comments you might have entered in the Comments field of
the Property inspector for your cast members. You can then use Lingo or JavaScript syntax to access the
comments in the DCR file.
Allow Movie Scaling
allows a shockwave movie to be resized or stretched in a browser.
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Volume Control
lets users adjust the volume of the movie’s soundtrack.
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Transport Control
provides controls for rewinding, stopping, and stepping through the movie.
Setting HTML options
If users view your movie in browsers, it’s likely they will resize their browsers. The way your movie behaves when the
browser size changes depends on HTML option settings in the Publish Settings dialog box.
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Select File > Publish Settings.
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On the Html tab of the Publish Settings dialog box, select from the Dimensions menu. When you make a
selection, the width and height values default to the movie size.
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To change the background color of your HTML file, either click the Page Background color box and select a
color, or enter a value in the hexadecimal field.
