User Guide

Finding cast members 41
To find cast members:
1 Select Edit > Find > Cast Member.
2 In the Find Cast Member dialog box, select a Cast window to search from the Cast
pop-up menu.
To search every cast in the movie, select All Casts.
3 Select a search option:
■ Select Name, and enter search text in the text box. For example, to search for a group of
related cast members that share a common element in their names, you might enter the
word
Bird to search for cast members named Bird 1, Bird 2, and Bird 3.
■ Select Type, and select an option from the pop-up menu to search for cast members by
media type.
■ Select Palette, and select an option from the pop-up menu. You can use this option to search
for and resolve palette conflicts.
■ Select Usage to locate all cast members that aren’t used in the Score. Cast members that you
find with this option might be used in the movie by a script.
Director displays the specified cast member.
4 Do one of the following:
■ Select a cast member on the list, and click Select to close the dialog box and select the cast
member in the Cast window.
■ Click Select All to close the dialog box and select all listed cast members in the Cast window.
To find a cast member in the Score:
1 Select a cast member for which to search in the cast or the Score. If you select a sprite that
includes multiple cast members, Director searches for the first cast member in the sprite; to
select a cast member other than the first, open the sprite to select the cast member. (For
information about selecting sprites, see “Selecting sprites” on page 53.)
2 Select Edit > Find > Selection, or press Control+Shift+F (Windows) or
Command+Shift+F (Macintosh).
Director searches the Score and highlights the first Score cell it finds.
3 Select Edit > Find Again to find the next occurrence of the cast member in the Score.