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DIRECTOR USER MANUAL
Editing Layers Using Drag and Drop .......................................................................................................................................... 38
Creating Duplicate Layers ................................................................................................................................................... 38
Applying Parameter Settings............................................................................................................................................... 38
Adding Layers to Scenes .................................................................................................................................................... 39
Selectively Store into a Scene............................................................................................................................................. 40
Editing Multiple Layers ............................................................................................................................................................... 41
Selecting Multiple Layers .................................................................................................................................................... 41
Setting/Resetting All Layer Parameters to Same Value ...................................................................................................... 41
Adjusting Relative Offset Across Layers ............................................................................................................................. 42
Fanning Layers .................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Copying Multiple Layers From One Server to Another........................................................................................................ 44
Playback
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Playback Using Manual Control ................................................................................................................................................. 45
Playback Using Autofollows ....................................................................................................................................................... 45
Playback Using Loops ................................................................................................................................................................ 46
Playback Using Timecode .......................................................................................................................................................... 48
Timeline Overview ............................................................................................................................................................... 48
Important! Zoom Controls ................................................................................................................................................... 48
Timecode Playback ............................................................................................................................................................. 49
Scrub Feature ...................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Sync Stream ........................................................................................................................................................................ 52
Timecode Editing................................................................................................................................................................. 53
Timeline Pop-up Menu ........................................................................................................................................................ 53
Overlapping Scenes ............................................................................................................................................................ 54
Audio Volume Control ................................................................................................................................................................. 54
MIDI Operation
Playback Using Triggers ............................................................................................................................................................. 55
Setting MIDI Preferences ............................................................................................................................................................ 56
External Control Setup ............................................................................................................................................................... 58
Controlling Director with a Lighting Console....................................................................................................................... 58
Controlling Director with a MIDI Device .............................................................................................................................. 59
Parameter Store and Recall
Palettes ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Advanced Controls
Value vs. Time............................................................................................................................................................................. 63
Resetting Values and Times ................................................................................................................................................ 63
Ease In/Out .......................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Hide and Solo Functions ............................................................................................................................................................ 65
Pop-Up Menus ........................................................................................................................................................................... 66
Server Pop-up Menu ........................................................................................................................................................... 66
Master Pop-up Menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 67
Layer Pop-up Menus ........................................................................................................................................................... 67
Parameter Pop-up Menus ................................................................................................................................................... 68
Troubleshooting
Network Configuration................................................................................................................................................................ 69