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Converting movies created in previous versions of Director

Director 8 can convert movies from Director 6 and 7. You can also update movies to Director 8 by simply opening and saving them, but the Update Movies command is faster for converting large projects. It's also more effective for preserving links to external media. See Processing movies with Update Movies.

Note: The Director 8 Shockwave player can play Shockwave movies created with Director 5, 6, 7, and 8.

When you open a Director 6 or 7 movie in Director 8, or convert it to the new format with Update Movies, note the following:

| The data structure is changed to the latest file format.
| Shapes are not converted to the new Bézier shapes.
| Ink functionality is not updated unless you turn off Maintain Outdated Ink Mode Limitations in the Movie Properties dialog box.
| Old Score data, from versions of Director prior to Director 5, is converted to the new Score, combining adjacent frames in the old Score containing the same cast members into single sprites in the new Score. You may want to split or join sprites to make working in the Score more convenient.