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Change the default length of sprites, Select Modify > Extend Sprite.

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ADOBE DIRECTOR 11.0 12 Create a basic movie 1 In the Score window, click the end of the TitleText sprite, and drag it to the left to frame 10. Note: You can also lengthen sprites by dragging their end frames to the right to higher-numbered frames, and you can edit more than one sprite at the same time by selecting multiple sprite end frames. 2 Click the Trio bitmap sprite in channel 2 of the Score. 3 Press and hold the Shift key, and click the Animation and SoundVideo sprites. 4 Click frame 10 in the frame number bar above channel 1. The playhead moves to frame 10. 5 Select Modify > Extend Sprite. The sprites shorten in length so they occupy only frames 1 through 10. You can use the Extend Sprite command to either lengthen or shorten sprites. Change the default length of sprites You can change the default length of sprites that you drag to the Stage and Score by editing the Sprite Preferences. You will now change the default sprite length to 10 frames, which makes it easier to compose a movie that consists only of ten-frame scenes. 1 Select Edit > Preferences > Sprite to open the Sprite Preferences dialog box. 2 In the Span Duration text box, type 10 and click OK. This new default sprite duration applies to all of your movies in Director, not just the movie that you are building now. Scene 1 of your movie is almost complete. Later, you will return to this scene to add Lingo commands to the navigation buttons. Now you will start building scene 2. Note: As you complete the tutorial, remember to save your work frequently.

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ADOBE DIRECTOR 11.0
Create a basic movie
12
1
In the Score window, click the end of the TitleText sprite, and drag it to the left to frame 10.
Note:
You can also lengthen sprites by dragging their end frames to the right to higher-numbered frames, and you
can edit more than one sprite at the same time by selecting multiple sprite end frames.
2
Click the Trio bitmap sprite in channel 2 of the Score.
3
Press and hold the Shift key, and click the Animation and SoundVideo sprites.
4
Click frame 10 in the frame number bar above channel 1. The playhead moves to frame 10.
5
Select Modify > Extend Sprite.
The sprites shorten in length so they occupy only frames 1 through 10. You can use the Extend Sprite command
to either lengthen or shorten sprites.
Change the default length of sprites
You can change the default length of sprites that you drag to the Stage and Score by editing the Sprite Preferences.
You will now change the default sprite length to 10 frames, which makes it easier to compose a movie that consists
only of ten-frame scenes.
1
Select Edit > Preferences > Sprite to open the Sprite Preferences dialog box.
2
In the Span Duration text box, type
10
and click OK. This new default sprite duration applies to all of your
movies in Director, not just the movie that you are building now.
Scene 1 of your movie is almost complete. Later, you will return to this scene to add Lingo commands to the
navigation buttons. Now you will start building scene 2.
Note:
As you complete the tutorial, remember to save your work frequently.