MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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Index 604
animated cursors
creating 382
using 381
animated GIFs 205
tempo 205
animation
animated color cursors 381
Cast to Time command 195
defined 185
exchanging cast members 193
film loops 197
frame-by-frame 193
launching 468
looping 449
motions, about 454
multiple sprites 196
onion skinning 234
Paste Relative command 201
playback 447, 449
real-time recording 200
step recording 199
using multiple cast members 195
with Lingo 201
animation modifiers. See Bones player, Keyframe player,
mesh deform modifier 502
anti-aliased text, defined 280
anti-aliasing 469
for vector shapes 253
setting with Lingo 289
text 280
arguments
definition of 389
for handlers 396
arithmetic operators 408
Arrange menu 161
arrays. See lists 398
ASCII characters 285
attaching behaviors 357
audio compression. See Shockwave Audio
audio. See sound
Auto Coloring option 412
Auto Distort command 218
Auto Filter command 233
automatically adjusting line spacing 279
AVI (Video for Windows). See digital video
axis
and camera movement 447
and model generation 475
and model movement 486, 487, 498
camera movement 469
colors 469
in animation 491, 506, 509
B
background color 179
color chip 253
lighting 449
background operations. See network operations 592
Background Transparent ink 183
Beep action 364
Behavior inspector 362, 445
Behavior library, 3D 445, 467
behaviors
actions and events 363
attaching 357, 388
Cast window icon for 385
changing parameters 360
changing sequence of 360
contents of 369
copying 385
creating 362, 387
creating descriptions 368
creating navigation controls with 374
creating properties in Lingo 365
defining properties in 366
description of 385
different from child objects 418
dynamically adding to sprite 423
editing in the Script window 362
handlers in 365
inheritance 371
messages to 370
modifying 362
numbers of 388
removing 388
setting properties with Lingo 366
streaming 594
viewing descriptions 361
writing with Lingo 365
behaviors, 3D 455, 466
applying 470
types 466
bevel 464
binary operations, vectors 526
Bitmap Cast Member Properties 237