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Creating libraries

A library is a special type of unlinked external cast. When you drag a cast member from an external cast library to the Stage or Score, Director automatically copies the cast member to one of the movie's internal casts. Libraries are useful for storing any type of commonly used cast members, especially behaviors. A library cannot be linked to a movie. See Attaching behaviors.

When you create a library as explained in the following procedure, it appears on the Library pop-up menu in the Library palette.

To create a library:

1 | Create an external cast file, following the procedure under Creating new casts. Do not select Use in Current Movie.
2 | With the Cast window for the external cast active, choose File > Save and place the external cast in the Libs folder in the Director application folder.