MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR Use Manual page 467

A movie that would work well with Tempo Settings as the Frame Rate option is one in which
the tempos have been carefully timed. For instance, some frames could be set to a tempo of
10 frames per second, and their QuickTime frame durations would be exactly one-tenth of a
second. Other frames later in the movie could be set to a tempo of 1 frame per second;
when the movie is exported, these slower frames would each last precisely 1 second in the
QuickTime movie.
Real Time lets you export a QuickTime movie that matches the performance of the Director
movie as it plays on your system. (You should always play the entire movie with script disabled
before using this feature.)
When you export a movie with Real Time selected, each Director frame becomes a QuickTime
frame. Each frame in the QuickTime movie will match the duration of the same frame in the
Director movie.
Director will generate as many frames as required to duplicate each transition, up to 30 frames
per second. To increase the number of frames created for any transition, reduce the smoothness
of the transition.
This option causes Director to use the actual durations that were stored the last time you
played the entire movie, regardless of the actual tempo settings of the movie.
To reduce the file size of a QuickTime movie at the expense of quality, select an option from
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the Compressor pop-up menu. Different options appear on the Compressor pop-up menu
depending on the video hardware and software available in your system. Consult your
QuickTime documentation.
Animation compression is for simple animations.
Cinepak compresses 16-bit and 24-bit video for playback from CD-ROMs.
Component Video
Graphics compression is for exporting single frames of computer graphics.
None exports with no compression.
Photo-JPEG compression is good for scanned or digitized continuous-tone still images.
Video compression is for exporting video clips.
To determine the compression quality and resulting file size when using the chosen compressor,
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use the Quality slider. A higher-quality setting preserves the appearance of the images and
motion but increases the size of the file. A lower-quality setting results in poorer image quality
but decreases the size of the file.
To determine the color depth (the number of colors) of your artwork, select a setting from the
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Color Depth pop-up menu. The compression method you select determines the color depth
options available to you in this pop-up menu.
To determine the method by which the exported QuickTime movie is resized, select values for
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Scale. You can select a percentage from the Scale pop-up menu, or you can type pixel
dimensions in the fields. By entering the number of pixels, you can stretch a movie so that it
plays in a rectangle that does not adhere to the original aspect ratio.
To choose which soundtracks are exported with your movie, select Channel 1 or Channel 2. A
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checked box indicates that the associated sound channel in the score is exported with your
QuickTime file.
External sounds (sounds you imported as linked cast members) are not exported when you
export a digital video. To include sound when you export a digital video movie, you must
import the sounds as cast members instead of linking to them.
is usually used when capturing from a live video feed.
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