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To determine the layout of the items to print, click Options and select from the following:
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provides options to print at 100%, 50%, or 25% of the original size.
Scale
Frame Borders
Frame Numbers
Registration Marks
Storyboard Format
places marker comments next to the frame image.
Date and Filename in Header
the Director movie and the current date.
Custom Footer
The image at the left of the dialog box previews the layout options.
Monitoring memory use
The Memory inspector displays information about how much memory is available to Director for
your movie and indicates how much memory different parts of the current movie use and the
total disk space the movie occupies. It also can purge all removable items from RAM if you are
about to perform a memory-intensive operation.
Note: The Memory inspector is not available on Macintosh.
To use the Memory inspector:
Select Window > Memory Inspector.
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Observe the following memory use indicators:
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Total Memory
installed on your computer and any available virtual memory.
Physical Memory
indicates how much RAM is being used for a movie.
Total Used
Free Memory
Other Memory
Used by Program
memory used by the Director application file).
Cast and Score
and the notation in the Score window. Cast members include all the artwork in the Paint
window, all the text in the Text windows, cast members that use the Matte ink in the Score,
thumbnail images in the Cast window, and any sounds, palettes, buttons, digital video movies,
or linked files that are imported into the cast and are currently loaded into memory.
Screen Buffer
animation on the Stage.
creates a border around each frame.
prints the frame number with each frame.
places marks on every page to align the page for reproduction.
is available only when you select 50% or 25% images to print. This option
prints a header on each page. The header consists of the name of
prints a footer on each page. Type the footer in the field.
displays the total system memory available, including the amount of RAM
shows the amount of actual RAM installed in the system.
indicates how much more memory is currently available in your system.
indicates the amount of memory used by other applications.
indicates the amount of memory used by Director (excluding the amount of
indicates the amount of memory used by the cast members in the Cast window
shows how much memory Director reserves for a working area while executing
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