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DIRECTOR USER MANUAL
Creating Shows
About Show Files........................................................................................................................................................................ 38
Changing Between Servers ........................................................................................................................................................ 39
Adjusting Master Control Settings.............................................................................................................................................. 39
Adding Content to Layers........................................................................................................................................................... 40
Creating and Editing Scenes ...................................................................................................................................................... 42
Adding or Deleting Scenes .................................................................................................................................................. 43
Editing Scenes..................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Editing Multiple Scenes ....................................................................................................................................................... 46
Separators ........................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Searching the Scene List (Find)........................................................................................................................................... 47
Editing Layers Using Drag and Drop .......................................................................................................................................... 48
Creating Duplicate Layers ................................................................................................................................................... 48
Applying Parameter Settings............................................................................................................................................... 48
Adding Layers to Scenes .................................................................................................................................................... 49
Selectively Store into a Scene............................................................................................................................................. 50
Editing Multiple Layers ............................................................................................................................................................... 51
Selecting Multiple Layers .................................................................................................................................................... 51
Setting/Resetting All Layer Parameters to Same Value ...................................................................................................... 51
Adjusting Relative Offset Across Layers ............................................................................................................................. 52
Fanning Layers .................................................................................................................................................................... 53
Copying Multiple Layers From One Server to Another........................................................................................................ 54
Playback
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Playback Using Manual Control ................................................................................................................................................. 55
Playback Using Autofollows ....................................................................................................................................................... 55
Playback Using Loops ................................................................................................................................................................ 56
Playback Using Timecode .......................................................................................................................................................... 58
Timeline Overview ............................................................................................................................................................... 58
Important! Zoom Controls ................................................................................................................................................... 58
Timecode Playback ............................................................................................................................................................. 59
24-Hour Clock ..................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Scrub ................................................................................................................................................................................... 63
Sync Stream ........................................................................................................................................................................ 63
Timecode Editing................................................................................................................................................................. 64
Timeline Pop-up Menu ........................................................................................................................................................ 64
Overlapping Scenes ............................................................................................................................................................ 65
Audio Volume Control ................................................................................................................................................................. 65
MIDI Operation
Playback Using Triggers ............................................................................................................................................................. 66
Setting MIDI Preferences ............................................................................................................................................................ 67
External Control Setup ............................................................................................................................................................... 69
Controlling Director with a Lighting Console....................................................................................................................... 69
Controlling Director with a MIDI Device .............................................................................................................................. 70
Parameter Store and Recall
Palettes ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 71