About The Paste As Pict Option - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR Use Manual

To use a series of images as a background while painting a series of foreground images:
In the Cast window, arrange the series of cast members you want to use as your background in
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consecutive order.
Cast members in the foreground and the background series must be adjacent to each other
in the cast.
Open the Paint window, and select View > Onion Skin. The Onion Skin toolbar appears.
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The Onion Skin toolbar appears.
If necessary, click the Toggle Onion Skinning button on the Onion Skin toolbar to activate
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onion skinning.
Make sure all values in the Onion Skin toolbar are set to 0.
Open the cast member you want to use as the first background cast member in the reference
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series. Click the Set Background button.
Select the position in the cast where you want the first cast member in the foreground series to
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appear. Click the New Cast Member button in the Paint window to create a new cast member.
The first cast member in the foreground series can be located anywhere in any cast.
Click the Show Background button to reveal a dimmed version of the background image.
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Click the Track Background button on the Onion Skin toolbar.
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Paint the new cast member using the background image as a reference.
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When you finish drawing the cast member, click the New Cast Member button again to create
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the next cast member.
When Track Background is enabled, Director advances to the next background cast member in
the series. Its image appears in the background in the Paint window.
Repeat step 8 until you finish drawing all the cast members in the series.
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About the Paste as Pict option

You use the Paste as Pict option to paste a PICT image into the cast and have it remain in
PICT format.
If you paste a PICT image into the cast using the Paste command in the Edit menu, Director
converts it to a bitmap. If you want the artwork to remain in PICT format, use Paste as PICT
when you paste it into the cast.
You might want to use Paste as PICT for several reasons. PICT cast members might occupy less
memory than bitmap cast members. Some PICT cast members, such as compound images that
consist of lines, shapes, and text, can stretch and scale more smoothly than bitmap cast members.
PICT cast members also look better when printed on a laser printer.
However, PICT cast members animate more slowly than bitmap cast members, and they don't
support ink effects. When you use color cycling or palette transitions, PICT cast members might
have unexpected results.
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