MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR Use Manual page 149

To change the color palette displayed on the Color menu:
Select Window > Color Palettes or double-click the mouse button on the Foreground Color and
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Background Color buttons in the Tool palette.
Select a color palette from the Palette pop-up menu.
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Changing color palettes during a movie
The palette channel in the Score determines which palette is active for a particular frame in a
movie. To define the palette that is active in a particular frame of a movie, use Modify > Frame >
Palette. When the playhead reaches the frame with the palette change, Director switches to the
new palette.
The settings in the palette channel have no effect on a movie playing in a web browser. Do not use
any of these settings for movies on the web.
For a stand-alone disk-based movie that takes over the entire screen, changing palettes during a
movie is a viable option for displaying 8-bit graphics with the best possible colors.
If you place a cast member that has its own custom palette on the Stage—and if it's the first cast
member that has a different palette in the frame—Director automatically assigns the new palette
to the palette channel. The new palette becomes the active palette unless you clear it from the
palette channel or replace it with a different palette, and it remains in effect until you set a
different palette in the palette channel.
Only one palette can be active at any time. If an 8-bit image appears with the wrong colors, it
requires a different palette.For more information, see
on page 154.
Director contains several color palettes. The Windows and Macintosh system palettes are the
default selections. Web216 is nearly identical to the palettes used by Netscape Navigator and
Microsoft Internet Explorer. Use it for any movie you plan to play in a browser. Any additional
palettes you create or import appear as cast members.
While working on a movie, you can change the active palette in the authoring environment by
selecting a new palette in the Color Palettes window. The palette that is active in the authoring
environment while you work does not change the palette in the movie on which you're working.
Any settings in the palette channel reset the active palette as soon as the movie plays.
"Solving color palette problems"
Controlling color 149