The Apple Sales & Market…urce Library 1999 January/ARL Jan 99 CD 2.iso/Application Library/Internet/Electrifier® Pro/Electrifier Pro Demo Scripts/Interactive TV/Interactive TV script

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Interactive TV demo script


1. Create a new movie in Electrifier Pro by choosing New from the File menu. Set the new movie dimensions to 400x231 and include a sprite track so the TV can be interactive.

2. Select the Layout view by clicking the Layout tab at the top left of the Movie window.

3. The graphics (which have white backgrounds) should blend in with the sprite track, so click the sprite track to select it and choose Sprite Track Options from the Content menu. Click Choose to pick a new background color. Set the color to white, using any of the standard color pickers. Click OK to close the color picker and again to close the Sprite Track Options dialog box.

4. In the Finder, click the TV image and drag it into the Electrifier Pro Movie window. The image is a PNG file so we can mask portions of the image using its alpha channel.

5. In Electrifier Pro, click to select the TV image actor, and drag it to the correct location in the movie. Move the TV image horizontally until its left edge meets the left edge of the movie, and then move it vertically until the distance from the top of the TV image to the top of the movie is the same as the distance between their right edges.

6. In the Finder, click the TV video clip file and drag it into the Electrifier Pro movie window.

7. In Electrifier Pro, click to select the TV video clip actor, and drag it to the correct location. The video clip should be centered over the screen of the TV image.

8. The video should play on the screen of the TV, but not cover the screen bezel, so move the video clip behind the TV image by choosing Send to Back from the Arrange menu.

9. Since the TV image actor is opaque, the video is currently hidden. Click to select the TV image actor, and choose Masked from the Ink pop-up menu on the Inspector palette to make the screen of the TV transparent.

10. In the Finder, click the go! button image file and drag it into the Electrifier Pro movie window.

11. In Electrifier Pro, click to select the go! button actor, and drag it to the correct location. The go! button should be positioned halfway between the bottom of the TV and the bottom of the movie, with its left edge aligned with the left edge of the TV stand.

12. The go! button should play the movie, so click the Actions tab of the Modifier palette and drag the Play/Stop Movie action onto the go! button. Leave the Play/Stop Movie action options in the Inspector palette set to the preset values.

13. In the Finder, click the stop! button image file and drag it into the Electrifier Pro movie window.

14. In Electrifier Pro, click to select the stop! button actor, and drag it to the correct location. The stop! button should be positioned halfway between the bottom of the TV and the bottom of the movie, with its right edge aligned with the right edge of the TV stand.

15. The stop! button should pause the movie, so click the Actions tab of the Modifier palette and drag the Play/Stop Movie action onto the stop! button. In the Play/Stop Movie action options in the Inspector palette, click Stop Playing to stop the movie when the button is clicked. Leave the event when the action is to occur set to Mouse Button Pressed & Released. Click Apply to set the action options.

16. To view the movie that you have created, click the Preview tab located at the top left of the Movie window to see the Preview view. Then, click the go! button to play the movie, and the stop! button to pause it at the current point.



For more examples created with Electrifier Pro, check out the Electrifier Pro Showcase on the Electrifier, Inc. web site, <www.electrifier.com>.