Setting Movie Options For Browser Resizing - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX Use Manual

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The Package File field lets you enter a fully qualified or relative URL to a package text file. This
text file, in XML, provides a list of URLs with support files to download for a complete save of
the current project.
To specify the size, in bytes, of all content with packages that needs to download for the movie
to save successfully, use the Total File Size field.
For more information about the Shockwave Save fields, and for detailed instructions on
developing for Shockmachine, see "Shockmachine development guide for Director" at
www.macromedia.com/support/director/internet/shockmachine_for_d8/ in the Director
Support Center.
If you selected the Shockwave with Image HTML template on the Formats tab, the Image tab
appears on the Publish Settings dialog box.
You can specify the image that should appear if the user doesn't have Shockwave or the
ActiveX control.
To use the Image tab:
In the Poster Frame field, enter the frame number from your movie's Score that you want to
appear as a JPEG image for users who are unable to view your movie.
To specify compression for the image, move the Quality slider to the desired compression
setting. The higher the percentage, the less the image is compressed.
To specify that the image download as a progressive JPEG, select Progressive. The JPEG will
then display at low resolution and increase in quality as it continues to download. Making a
JPEG progressive also reduces its file size.

Setting movie options for browser resizing

If users view your movie in browsers, chances are they will resize their browsers. How your
movie behaves when the browser size changes depends on what you select in the Publish
Settings dialog box.
To set movie options for browser resizing:
Select File > Publish Settings.
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On the General tab of the Publish Settings dialog box, select from the Dimensions pop-up
2
menu. When you make a selection, the width and height values default to the movie size.
To create an HTML file with parameters that match the height and width of the movie, select
Match Movie.
To specify height and width values in the HTML file in pixels, select Pixels.
You can select Percentage of Browser Window, and specify a percentage in the Width and
Height fields. (To make browser resizing affect the size of the DCR movie, you must specify
percentages and select either Preserve Proportions, Stretch to Fill, or Expand Stage Size on the
Shockwave tab of the Publish Settings dialog box.)
On the Shockwave tab, select an option from the Stretch Style pop-up menu.
3
To specify that your movie not resize at all, select No Stretching.
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