Adobe Director (formerly Macromedia Director) is a multimedia application authoring platform created by Macromedia—now part of Adobe Systems. It allows users to build applications built on a movie metaphor, with the user as the "director" of the movie. Originally designed for creating animation sequences, the addition of a powerful scripting language called Lingo made it a popular choice for creating CD-ROMs and standalone kiosks and web content using Adobe Shockwave. Adobe Director supports both 2D and 3D multimedia projects.

Macromedia announced the latest version of its flagship multimedia authoring environment, Macromedia Director MX, in late November . Director MX for Windows makes the perfect accompaniment for rtudents looking to quickly get up-to-speed on the new version's seamless integration with the Macromedia Flash MX product family, advanced debugging capabilities, new Object Inspector, support for both QuickTime 6 and Mac OS X, and more!

Course Contents

INTRODUCTION

   Introduction

   What’s New?

   Using The CD

   Cross Platform

 

THE BASICS

   The Director Metaphor

   Movie Properties/Cast Members

   Working With Sprites

   Working With The Score

 

ANIMATION

   Keyframe Animation

   More Keyframes

   Even More Keyframes

   Tweaking Keyframes

 

PUTTING IT TOGETHER

   New Projects

   Replacing Cast

   Backstage Area

   Effects Channels

 

INTERACTION

   Interaction

   Behaviours

   More Behaviour

   Designing, Plan & Practice

 

SAVING

   Where Does It Go?

   Exporting Projector

   Exporting Shockwave Movie

   Exporting QuickTime Movie

 

DIRECTOR EDITORS

   Paint Window

   Vector Window

   Text Window

   External Editors

 

DIGITAL VIDEO

   Quick Time

   Avi

   Real Media

   PowerPoint

 

EFFECTS CHANNEL

   Sound Channel

   Temp Channel

   Transition Channel

   Palette Channel

 

BETTER ANIMATING

   Sprite Tools

   Sprite Frames

   Film Loops

   Onion Skin

 

BETTER SPRITES

   Extend Sprites

   Split Sprites

   Join Sprites

   Sprite Tweening

 

BETTER CASTS

   Multiple Casts

   External Casts

   Libraries

   Finding Cast Members

 

PALETTES

   Tool Palette

   Library Palette

 

NAVIGATION

   Part 1

   Part 2

 

AUTOMATIC ANIMATION

   Part 1

   Part 2

 

INTERACTIVE

   Part 1

   Part 2

 

MEDIA

   QuickTime

   Sound

 

REAL MEDIA

   Part 1

   Part 2

 

TEXT

   Fields vs. Text

   Text Part 1

   Text Part 2

 

MORE MEDIA

   Paintbox

   Sprite Transitions

   Flash

 

CONTROLS

   Part 1

   Part 2

   Part 3

 

RECORDING

 

   Real Time Recording

   Step Time Recording

   Looped Playback

   Select Frames

 

FINE TONING

   Aligning

   Arranging

   Tweaking

 

DIRECTOR

   Protected Movies

   Director n Director

   Distribution And Xtras

 

LINGO

   What Is Lingo?

   Type Of Scripts

   Behaviour Inspector

   Script Window

 

LINGO BASICS

 

   Commands/Functions/Operators

   Events/Messages/Handlers

   Variables

   Constants/Keywords/Properties

 

WORKING IN LINGO

   Math

   Text

 

CONTROLS

   If-Then-Else/Case

   Loops

   Guessing Games

 

TROUBLE SHOOTING

   Debugging

   Cast Scripts

   File IO

   Parent Scripts

 

BASIC 3D

   Intro To 3D

   3D Coordinates

   Objects/Scenes

   Animation

 

3D BEHAVIOURS

   3D Triggers

   3D Actions: Camera

   3D Actions: Models

   3D Action: Misc

 

MORE 3D

   Lingo: 3D

   3D Text

 

INTERNET BEHAVIOR

   Internet: Forms

   Internet: Streaming

   Internet: Multi-user

 

ADVANCED LINGO

   Lingo: Movie in a Window

   Lingo: Controlling Media

   Lingo: Sprite Visibility

 

ODDS n ENDS

   Embedding Fonts

   Linked Media

   Internet Media

   Xtras