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Select Playback options to control how a Flash movie sprite plays in a Director projector, in a
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Shockwave movie, and while you are authoring in Director:
displays the image of the Flash movie when it plays. When Image is deselected, the Flash
Image
movie is invisible.
enables any sound in the Flash movie to play. When Sound is deselected, the movie
Sound
plays without sound.
displays only the first frame of the movie without playing the movie. When Paused is
Paused
deselected, the movie begins playing immediately when it appears on the Director Stage.
makes the movie play again from frame 1 once it finishes. When Loop is deselected, the
Loop
movie plays once and stops.
displays the movie when it appears on the stage with the fastest, smoothest
Direct to Stage
playback. Deselect Direct to Stage to have Director apply ink effects and perform compositing
of the sprite with other sprites in a memory buffer before actually displaying it. The
disadvantage of the Direct to Stage option is that the movie always appears on top of other
sprites, regardless of the channel in which it appears in the Score, and ink effects don't work.
Specify a Scale value by typing the percentage to scale the cast member.
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Specify a Quality value:
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Select a high-quality setting to have the Flash movie play with anti-aliasing turned on, which
slows down performance; select Auto-High to have Director start playing the movie with anti-
aliasing on but turn it off if it can't play the movie at the required frame rate.
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Select a low-quality setting to turn off anti-aliasing but speed up performance; select Auto-Low
to have Director start playing the movie without anti-aliasing but turn on anti-aliasing if it can
do so and continue playing the movie at the required frame rate.
Select a Scale Mode value to control how the Flash movie's sprites are scaled on Stage:
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maintains the movie's aspect ratio and, if necessary, fills in any gaps along the
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horizontal or vertical dimension using the movie's background color.
maintains the movie's aspect ratio by cropping the horizontal or vertical dimension
No Border
as necessary without leaving a border.
stretches the movie to fit the sprite exactly, disregarding the aspect ratio.
Exact Fit
adjusts the sprite's bounding rectangle to fit the movie when it is rotated, skewed, or
Auto-Size
flipped. This option always sets the scale to 100% in the Director score.
places the movie on the Stage with no scaling. The movie stays the same size no
No Scale
matter how you resize the sprite, even if it means cropping the movie.
Select a Rate value to control the tempo at which Director tries to play the Flash movie:
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plays the Flash movie at the tempo stored in the Flash movie.
Normal
plays the movie at a rate you specify by typing a value in the entry box.
Fixed
plays a frame of the Flash movie for each Director frame.
Lock-Step
Note: A Flash movie will not play faster than the frame rate set in the Director movie.
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