Controlling color

Selecting colors for movie elements is as simple as making a selection from a menu. To make sure that the colors you select are displayed correctly on as many systems as possible, it helps to understand how Director controls color.

Director provides a variety of color controls. The following list describes the most important:

• Use the Movie tab in the Property inspector to change modes for selecting colors. Click either the RGB or Index radio button. (RGB assigns to the movie all color values as absolute RGB values. Index assigns color to the movie according to its position in the current palette.)
• Use the pop-up Color menu to select colors for movie elements. The Color menu is available throughout the Director application--for example, in the Tool palette.
• Use Transform Bitmap to remap bitmap images to new palettes and change their color depth. You can also make the same changes when you import a bitmap. For more information, see Changing size, color depth, and color palette for bitmaps, and About importing bitmaps.
• Use the Score's palette channel to change the movie's color palette as a movie plays.
• Use the Color Palettes window to change the colors in a color palette or to create a custom color palette cast member.

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