Macromedia Director MX 2004 Bible - Softcover

This is the ultimate guide to creating professional presentations for CDs, DVDs, kiosks, Web sites, and desktop computers with Macromedia Director. Step-by-step tutorials and reference resources help both novices and experienced users get the most out of Director. It is completely revised to cover enhancements to Director, including new support for Flash components, new ECMAScript language (based on the same standard as the popular JavaScript and ActionScript), improved dynamic and server-side support, and new 3D support and tools. It covers both Windows XP and Mac OS X platforms and discusses working in the authoring environment, production and editing, programming with Classic Lingo, controlling assets and movies with scripts, and much more. Bonus CD-ROM includes source files and finished projects (still images, audio, and videos) from the tutorials in addition to valuable trial software and freeware.

If Macromedia Director MX 2004 can do it, you can do it too...

Macromedia Director joins sound, video, 3D images, and still photos into interactive presentations that can enthrall, entertain, educate, and sell ? on any desktop or laptop, the Web, a kiosk, CDs, or DVDs. Director?s magic is its ability to let you author it all in a single environment, and with this comprehensive manual in hand, you can harness its amazing power. Develop multimedia presentations, create graphics from scratch, maximize Director?s versatility with scripting solutions, add interactive capabilities, and much more.

Inside, you?ll find complete coverage of Macromedia Director MX 2004

• Explore enhancements in the newest version of Director, such as new Flash support and new 3D tools
• Use the Library palette to create sophisticated interactivity and animation without writing code
• Learn the exciting new ECMAScript language, rooted in the same standard as JavaScript™ and ActionScript
• Discover Lingo and JavaScript syntax and program Director to meet your needs
• Work with vector shape members and Flash
• Delve deeper into scripting and learn to manipulate video, play sound, and manage Director?s powerful text-handling properties
• Manage memory, handle menus and dialog boxes, script for Web-related applications, and create 3D objects
• Troubleshoot Lingo and debug your scripts

All this on the bonus CD-ROM

• Macromedia® Flash™ MX 2004, Director® MX, Fireworks® MX 2004, and FreeHand® MX trial versions
• Trial of Caligari trueSpace, Sorenson Squeeze® Compression Suite, and a demo version of Swift 3D®
• Author files and finished projects from the tutorials, including still images, audio, and video