Using Director > Cast members and Cast windows > Using Cast Thumbnail view > Creating a custom cast member thumbnail

 

Creating a custom cast member thumbnail

For most cast members, Director displays a scaled version as the thumbnail unless you define a custom thumbnail. Creating a custom thumbnail is most useful for behaviors that you want to identify in the Library palette, because behaviors have no identifying image.

To create a custom cast member thumbnail:

1

Select the bitmap image to use as the new thumbnail and copy it to your system's clipboard.

You can copy the image from any bitmap editor, including the Paint window. The image can be of any size, but smaller images look better because they require less scaling.

2

Using Thumbnail view, place the pointer over the cast member for which you are creating a custom thumbnail.

3

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) and choose Paste Bitmap from the context menu.

The image from the clipboard replaces the current cast member thumbnail.

You can also use text as a thumbnail. Select text instead of a bitmap image in step 1, and then choose Paste Text from the context menu.