PhotoCaster PhotoCaster - Director Xtra creates cast members from Photoshop layers
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PhotoCaster - Director Xtra creates cast members from Photoshop layers There are two ways to get Photoshop graphics into Director - the PhotoCaster way and the hard way. Before PhotoCaster, multimedia developers and artists had to spend untold hours tediously exporting, indexing, importing, repositioning, renaming, and cursing. Now that PhotoCaster has arrived those hours have just become free time.PhotoCaster is an Xtra for Macromedia Director that lets you bring your Photoshop files, layer by layer, into your Director cast with one click. Each layer appears as an individual cast member, indexed, anti-aliased, properly registered, transparency preserved and good to go!Main features of PhotoCaster:Create individual cast members from Photoshop layers Import Photoshop files directly into your Director castImport directly to the scorePreview layers before importingSupports Director 5, 6, 7, 8, MX, MX 2004(and later)Works with all versions of Photoshop files from version 3 and later, including Photoshop CS2Supports Most Photoshop Layer FX (see FAQ for details)Supports alpha channels in those versions of Director that support them (7+)Control color mapping: 24-bit, current palette, or custom paletteGenerate a custom palette derived from the layers in your Photoshop fileText layers can be imported as text castmembers.Keeps layer registration Preserves anti-aliasing between layersFlatten linked layers into single cast membersOptionally ignore hidden layersImproved color reduction and ditheringDithering to a specified number of colorsArbitrary selection of which layers to importWorks seamlessly with Media Lab's AlphaMania Xtra for creation of AlphaMania cast members directly from Photoshop layers (supports multiple layer import)No lingo required.What's New in This Release:Photoshop Layer F/X are supported.Text layers can be imported as text castmembers.8 bit castmembers can be mapped to any palette without having to make that palette active.16 bit castmembers are now dithered.Dithering (8 bit or 16 bit) is now optional.Requirements of PhotoCaster:Director version 5 or higher, including Director MX 2004Photoshop version 3 or higher, including Photoshop CS2.

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