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Changing the color depth of a movie

When you save a Director movie, it is set to the same color depth as the system on which you are authoring it. You can use Lingo to reset the system color depth to match the color depth of a movie. See `switchColorDepth`.

If you want to set the color depth of a movie without using Lingo, you can use system utilities to change the color depth of your system before you save the movie file. On the Macintosh, you can also make the movie reset the system color depth by choosing File > Preferences > General and selecting Reset Monitor to Movie's Color Depth.