MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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Packaging Movies for Distribution 579
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To determine how your movie will line up within the
OBJECT
or
EMBED
values in the HTML
file, use the Stretch Position Horizontal Align and Vertical Align options.
For more information about using stretch styles, see the procedure under “Setting movie
options for browser resizing” on page 580.
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To change the background color that displays while your DCR file is downloading, either click
the Background Color box and select a color, or enter a value in the hexadecimal field.
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To enable communication between Lingo and JavaScript, select Movie Uses Browser Scripting.
This creates a flag for Netscape to start Java when the movie loads, which is required for this
feature.
The Compression tab sets bitmap compression for all cast members in a movie. (You can
set the compression quality for individual bitmap cast members on the Bitmap tab of the
Property inspector.)
To use the Compression tab:
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To apply compression techniques used by Director in versions 4 through 7, select Standard.
This setting is suitable for graphics with few colors.
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To use JPEG compression, click JPEG and specify the image quality setting by moving the
slider to a value between 0 and 100 percent. The higher the percentage, the less the image is
compressed.
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To compress the sound in your movie, select Compression Enabled and select the level of
compression from the kBits/second pop-up menu. For more information about sound
compression, see “Compressing internal sounds with Shockwave Audio” on page 326.
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To convert stereo sounds to monaural, select Convert Stereo to Mono.
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To include comments you might have entered in the Comments field of the Property inspector
for your cast members, select Include Cast Member Comments. You can then use Lingo to
access the comments in the DCR file.
To save your Shockwave file for playback with Shockmachine, you use fields on the
Shockwave Save tab.
To use the Shockwave Save tab:
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To display the standard Shockwave context menu when your user right-clicks (Windows) or
Control-Clicks (Macintosh) your DCR file playing in the browser, select Context Menu.
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To suggest a Shockmachine category, such as “games,” enter a description in the Suggested
Category field.
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To specify a title for the user interface, enter the title in the Shockwave Title field. The title can
include spaces.
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To specify the URL to be sent when the Shockmachine user clicks the Shockmachine
Send button, enter the URL in the Send URL text box. This URL is also used by the Send
feature in Shockwave. Typically, the URL is the location of the web page that contains the
Shockwave movie.
If you do not specify a URL, Shockwave attempts to provide one. To avoid unpredictable
results, Macromedia highly recommends that you provide the URL.
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To specify the path to a BMP file, use the Icon File field.