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Printing movies

You can print movie content to review it and mark changes, to distribute edits to a team, to make handouts from a presentation, or just to see your work on paper. You can print a movie while in authoring mode in a variety of ways. You can print an image of the Stage in standard or storyboard format, the Score, the cast member number and contents of text cast members in the Cast window, all scripts or a range of scripts (movie, cast, Score, and sprite scripts), the comments in the Markers window, the Cast window artwork, or the entire Cast window.

Note: Using Cast Text on the Print pop-up menu, you can print a table of text cast members at the resolution of your printer.

You can also use Lingo to control printing. See `printFrom`.

To print part of a movie:

1 | Choose File > Print.
2 | To specify what part of the movie to print, choose an option from the Print pop-up menu.
| You can print an image of the Stage, the Score, all scripts or a range of scripts (movie, cast, Score, and sprite scripts), cast text, cast art, cast thumbnails, and the comments in the Markers window.
| The Scripts, Cast Text, Cast Art, and Cast Thumbnails print options specify a range of casts and cast members—internal or external. Information displayed in the Print dialog box depends on the selection to be printed.
3 | To specify which frames of your movie are printed, choose a Frames option:
| Current Frame prints the frame that is currently on the Stage.
| Selected Frames prints the frames that are selected in the Score.
| All prints all the frames in your movie.
| Range prints the range of frames specified in the Begin and End boxes.
4 | To specify which frames in the defined range to print, choose an Include option:
| Every Frame is the default setting and prints every frame specified in Range.
| One in Every _ Frames prints frames at the interval you specify in the box. For example, if you type 10, Director prints every tenth frame.
| Frames with Markers prints only the frames that have markers in the Score window.
| Frames with Artwork Changes in Channel _ prints the frames in which cast members move or in which new cast members are introduced in the Score. Specify the channel in the box.
5 | To determine the layout of the items to print, click Options and choose from the following:
| Scale provides options to print at 100%, 50%, or 25% of the original size.
| Frame Borders creates a border around each frame.
| Frame Numbers prints the frame number with each frame.
| Registration Marks places marks on every page to align the page for reproduction.
| Storyboard Format is available only when you select 50% or 25% images to print. This option places marker comments next to the frame image.
| Date and Filename in Header prints a header on each page. The header consists of the name of the Director movie and the current date.
| Custom Footer prints a footer on each page. Type the footer in the field.
| The image at the left of the dialog box previews the layout options.