Use the Cast window preferences settings to control the appearance of the current Cast window or, if desired, all Cast windows. You can set different preferences for each Cast window. The title bar of the dialog box displays the name of the Cast window preferences you are changing.

1. Select a Cast window to change, or a click a tab within a Cast panel group.
2. Select Edit > Preferences > Cast.
   Note: If you are using a Mac OS X operating system, select the Director menu, instead of the Edit menu, to access Preferences.

   

3. To set the Cast window to appear in either List or Thumbnail view, select the appropriate Cast View option.
4. If you want your preferences to apply to all Cast windows, select Apply To All Casts.
5. To select the columns that appear in Cast List view, select List Columns options. See Using Cast List view.
6. To specify the maximum number of cast members to appear in the Cast window, select a value from the Thumbnails Visible menu.

   This option doesn’t limit the number of cast members that can exist in the cast. If you have a small number of cast members, you can hide the remaining unused cast positions to make better use of the vertical scroll bar. The default is 1000.

7. To specify the number of thumbnails in each row of the Cast window, select an option from the Row Width menu.

   The options for 8 Thumbnails, 10 Thumbnails, and 20 Thumbnails specify fixed-row widths that are independent of the window size. If the Cast window is smaller horizontally than the width of the cast row, you must use the horizontal scroll bar to reveal the rest of the cast. The Fit To Window option automatically adjusts the number of cast members per row to fit in the current width of the Cast window. In this mode, the horizontal scroll bar is disabled because the entire width of the cast is always in view. The default is Fit To Window.

8. To set the size of each cast thumbnail image that appears in the Cast window, select one of the following options from the Thumbnail Size menu:

   Small 44 x 33 pixels

   Medium 56 x 42 pixels (default)

   Large 80 x 60 pixels

   Thumbnails always maintain the standard 4:3 aspect ratio.

   If the thumbnails appear fuzzy, they are probably appearing in larger than their original size. To correct this, change the Cast window preferences thumbnail setting to a smaller size. Click OK when prompted about regenerating thumbnails.

9. To select the display format of the cast member ID that appears below each cast thumbnail image in the Cast window, select one of the following options from the Label menu:

   Number displays the cast number.

   Name displays the cast name, if one exists; otherwise, this option displays the cast number in decimal format.

   Number:Name displays the cast number in decimal format and the cast name, separated by a colon (:) (for example, 340:Dancing Potato). If no name exists, this setting displays the cast number in decimal format.

   The selected format is also used in other windows, including the Score, whenever a cast ID appears.

10. To specify whether Director displays an icon that indicates the cast member’s type, select one of the following from the Media Type Icons menu: All Types, All But Text and Bitmap, or None. Icons appear in the lower-right corner of each cast member
11. To display a script indicator icon in the lower-left corner of each cast member that has a script attached, select Script.
12. To make your preference settings the default settings, click Save As Default.