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dither

Syntax

    member(whichMember).dither
    the dither of member whichMember

Description

Bitmap cast member property; dithers the cast member when it is displayed at a color depth of 16 bits or less if the display must show a color gradation not in the cast member (`TRUE`), or tells Director to choose the nearest color out of those available in the current palette (`FALSE`).

For both performance and quality reasons, you should set `dither` to `TRUE` only when higher display quality is necessary. Dithering is slower than remapping, and artifacts may be more apparent when animating over a dithered image.

If the monitor's color depth is greater than 16 bits, this property has no effect.

See also

`depth`