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Product Description
Macromedia Director is one of a variety of object-oriented multimedia applications on the market. This text breaks down the package and explores its wide array of authoring tools that let users create navigation buttons, introduce sounds in the middle of frames, provide full-blown interactivity and much more. It describes Director's "movie production metaphor", which effectively runs users through the development process, describing how a movie is created by placing objects on a stage and manipulating their transitions, timing and movements. The ability to easily integrate Shockwave technology with Director presentations indicates Macromedia's commitment to Internet technology, bringing to the Internet the interactive and graphical nature of applications that have long been restricted to CD-ROMs. Sample presentations on the attached CD show users the range of possibilities available with Director, including sample movies.
Amazon.com Review
One of the hallmarks of the Dummies series is humor, making the learning process as fun and painless as possible while addressing the most basic issues that beginners need to understand. This is true for Macromedia Director 6 for Dummies, an outstanding book for multimedia novices. This guide provides a lot of hand-holding as it teaches you how to create animations and movies in Director 6. The author first defines multimedia and explains its components. Then she instructs you on how to launch the program and familiarizes you with the interface and new improvements to the program's help system, sprite-management features, and file-import support. Next, the author tackles meatier topics and shows you how to use Director's Cast Windows, Score Window, Paint Window, Text and Field Windows, Tool Palette, Color Palettes Window, Digital Video Window, and Markers Window. Finally, she teaches you how to use the basic elements of Lingo, Director's scripting language; use Drag-and-Drop Behaviors; add sound; understand cross-platform issues; and create Shockwave movies. The Part of Tens features ten common questions and answers about Director as well as ten interesting tips for animating your movies. Macromedia Director 6 for Dummies covers Windows and Macintosh versions of Director 6. A CD-ROM includes demo versions of Macromedia software programs, such as Extreme 3D and xRes, as well as Equilibrium DeBabelizer.
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