Set Up The Movie - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX Use Manual

Set up the movie

You can now arrange your workspace and set properties for your movie, such as the Stage size and
color, and the number of channels in your Score.
During the authoring process, you view Director movies on the Stage window. You can set up the
size and color of the Stage window.
In the Property inspector (Window > Property Inspector), click the Movie tab.
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If the Property inspector is not in graphical mode, as shown in the following illustration, click
the List View Mode icon to deselect it.
The Property inspector lets you change attributes of a selected object.
In the Stage Size pop-up menu, select 500 x 330.
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Note: You can view tooltips for pop-up menus and text boxes by moving the pointer over the icon next
to the menu.
If the Score is not open, select Window > Score. In the Property inspector, type 50 in the
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Channels text box and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh), and then click OK in
the dialog box that appears.
Note: In Windows, the Enter key on the numeric keypad plays the movie. Be sure to use the Enter key on the
alphanumeric section of the keyboard when entering information in Director.
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List View Mode
Stage Size