MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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To copy or move sprites between frames:
1
Select a sprite or sprites, as described in “Selecting sprites” on page 158.
2
Select Edit > Cut Sprites or Edit > Copy Sprites.
3
Position the pointer where you want to paste the sprite, and select Edit > Paste Sprites.
If the pasting will overwrite existing sprites, select one of the following Paste options in the
Paste Options dialog box:
Overwrite Existing Sprites
replaces the sprites with the content of the Clipboard.
Truncate Sprites Being Pasted
pastes the Clipboard contents in the space available without
replacing existing sprites.
Insert Blank Frames to Make Room
adds new frames for the contents of the Clipboard.
Changing the duration of a sprite on the Stage
By default, Director assigns each new sprite a duration of 28 frames. You can change the duration
of a sprite—that is, the amount of time the sprite appears in a movie—by adjusting its length,
changing the number of frames in which it appears, or using the Extend command.
Director maintains the spacing proportions of keyframes when a sprite is lengthened. For a
description of keyframes, see Chapter 6, “Animation,” on page 185.
To extend or shorten a sprite:
1
Select Window > Score to display the Score.
2
Do one of the following:
•
Drag the start or end frames.To extend a one-frame sprite, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag
(Macintosh).
•
To extend a sprite and leave the last keyframe in place, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag
(Macintosh) a keyframe at the end of the sprite.
•
To extend a sprite and leave all keyframes in place, Control-drag (Windows) or Command-
drag (Macintosh) the end frame.
•
Enter new values in the Start and End text boxes on the Sprite tab in the Property inspector to
change the start and end frames.