MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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Director MX Basics Tutorial 91
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In the markers channel to the right of the marker menu in the Score, click frame 15.
A new marker appears in the marker bar in frame 15.
3
Type Animation in the text box next to the new marker, and press Enter (Windows) or Return
(Macintosh) to name the marker.
Note: As you complete the tutorial, remember to save your work frequently.
Create navigation in Lingo using marker names
You can write a script that loops the playhead in frames 15 through 50 using the name of
the marker.
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Double-click the script channel in frame 50, the last frame of the animation scene. The script
window opens with the default
on exitFrame
script already entered.
2
Inside the default script, on line 2, type the following:
go to frame "Animation"
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In the Name text box at the top of the window, type AnimLoop , and close the Script window.
The new script cast member appears in slot 14 of the Cast window, and the new sprite appears
in frame 50 of the script channel in the Score.
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Click frame 15 in the frame number bar in the Score, and click the Play button on the
Control panel.
The animation scene plays, and the playhead loops back to frame 15 when it reaches frame 50.
The animation of the sunset repeats continuously.
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Click the Stop button on the Control panel.
Each of the three scenes in your movie has a script that prevents the playhead from moving to
a different scene. Now you’ll add scripts to the navigation buttons so the user can move from
scene to scene.
Marker menu Markers channel