MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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To specify a palette:
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In the Score, do one of the following:
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Double-click the cell in the palette channel where you want the new palette setting to appear.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the cell in the effects channel where you
want the new palette setting to appear, and then select Palette from the Context menu.
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Select the cell in the effects channel where you want the new palette setting to appear, and then
select Palette from the Score window’s Options menu.
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Select a frame in the palette channel, and select Modify > Frame > Palette.
(If you don’t see the palette channel, the effects channel is hidden. To display it, click the Hide/
Show Effects Channel tool in the upper right of the score window.)
2
Select the options you want to use in the Frame Properties: Palette dialog box.
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Select a new palette.
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Specify how you want Director to manage the palette change. For example, to hide a palette
change within a fade, first select a new palette from the pop-up menu. Select the Palette
Transition option, and then select Fade to Black or Fade to White. Use the Rate slider to set
the speed of the fade.
To stop the movie while the palette changes, first select a new palette from the Palettes pop-up
menu. Select the Palette Transition option, and then select Between Frames. Use the Rate slider
to set the speed of the transition.
3
Click Set.
The palette you select now appears in the cell that you selected in the Score’s palette
channel. The setting remains in effect in the movie until you set a different palette in the
palette channel.
Palette channel