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Open the cast member you want to use as the first background cast member in the reference series. Click the Set
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Background button.
Select the position in the cast where you want the first cast member in the foreground series to appear. Click the
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New Cast Member button in the Paint window to create a new cast member.
The first cast member in the foreground series can be located anywhere in any cast.
Click the Show Background button to reveal a dimmed version of the background image.
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Click the Track Background button on the Onion Skin toolbar.
Paint the new cast member, using the background image as a reference.
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When you finish drawing the cast member, click the New Cast Member button again to create the next cast
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member.
When Track Background is enabled, Director advances to the next background cast member in the series. Its
image appears in the background in the Paint window.
Repeat step 8 until you finish drawing all the cast members in the series.
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About the Paste As PICT option
Use the Paste A Pict option to paste a PICT image into the cast and have it remain in PICT format.
Note: If you paste a PICT image into the cast by using the Paste command in the Edit menu, Director converts it to a
bitmap. If you want the artwork to remain in PICT format, use Paste As PICT when you paste it into the cast.
There are several reasons for using Paste As PICT. PICT cast members might occupy less memory than bitmap cast
members. Some PICT cast members, such as compound images that consist of lines, shapes, and text, can stretch
and scale more smoothly than bitmap cast members. PICT cast members also look better when printed on a laser
printer.
However, PICT cast members animate more slowly than bitmap cast members, and they don't support ink effects.
When you use color cycling or palette transitions, PICT cast members might have unexpected results.
Setting and changing bitmap cast member properties
Change the properties of a bitmap cast member to view important information, change a cast member's name, select
alpha settings, or turn on highlighting and dithering.
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Select a bitmap cast member, and click the Member tab in the Property inspector, using the Graphical view.
The Member tab displays the following:
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A text box to view or change the cast member's name, a Comments text box to enter text that appears in the
Comments column of the Cast List window, and an Unload menu that lets you determine how to remove a cast
member from memory.
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View-only fields that indicate when the cast member was created and modified and the name of the person
who modified the cast member.
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