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  Macromedia Director - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Macromedia Director is a powerful media application created by Macromedia.
Its name was changed to "Director" with the addition of new capabilities and the Lingo scripting language, around 1988.
Director can also create stand-alone executable applications from a project, called projectors, which can be compiled for Macintosh or Windows operating systems.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macromedia_Director   (274 words)

  
 Macromedia Shockwave - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Macromedia Shockwave is frequently confused with Macromedia Flash.
Macromedia Shockwave: available on 54% of browsers, uses ".DCR" files, created using authoring tool named Macromedia Director, MIME type: application/x-director.
Macromedia Flash: available on 98% of browsers, uses ".SWF" files, which are created using Macromedia Flash, FreeHand, Generator, and a number of third-party tools such as OpenOffice.org, Swish and others, MIME type: application/x-shockwave-flash.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Macromedia_Shockwave   (334 words)

  
 Macromedia Announces Macromedia Director MX 2004
Macromedia Director has been at the forefront of multimedia development for more than a decade, and this latest version adds support for JavaScript, Flash MX 2004 content, DVD-Video, and the ability to create pr ojector files for both Mac and Windows platforms in one simple step.
Macromedia Director MX 2004 empowers professional multimedia developers, advanced Flash developers, professional DVD developers, e-learning designers, and game developers who need to create multimedia content that can be deployed anywhere, whether it be CD, DVD, intranets, kiosks, or the Internet.
Macromedia Director MX 2004, expected to ship in English in February, is priced at $1,199 for new users, and $399 for upgrades from Director 8.5 and Director MX.
videosystems.com /pressreleases/video_macromedia_announces_macromedia_2   (805 words)

  
 Macromedia Director Training Class
Macromedia Director is the solution for developing magnetic destination content and interactive media on the Web with dazzling 3D entertainment, interactive product demonstrations and learning applications.
As a Macromedia Authorized Training Provider, we provide Director developer tricks, tips, and techniques not included in the Macromedia approved curriculum that we have acquired using Director to develop web-based training for clients.
We limit a Director class to nine students (the average class is four) so that you can get the individual instruction you need to learn Director.
www.director-training.com   (443 words)

  
 Apple - Mac OS X - Applications - Macromedia Director MX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Whether you are creating enhanced CD/DVD-ROM content, educational content or entertainment applications, Director MX handles the widest variety of media, letting you unleash your creativity and build rich, interactive experiences that deliver measurable results.
Macromedia Director MX 2004 works seamlessly with Macromedia Flash and Fireworks.
Integrated and streamlined, Director MX 2004 lets you work seamlessly with the Macromedia MX 2004 family of products and integrate Macromedia Flash MX 2004 content into Director projects to create dynamic and interactive content.
www.apple.com /macosx/applications/director   (489 words)

  
 Macromedia - Director MX 2004
Director combines broad media support for media types, ease of use, high-performance, and an infinitely extendible development environment to deliver rich content and applications for CDs, DVDs, kiosks, and the Internet.
Macromedia Director is compatible with Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger." Any future updates about compatibility will be reported in the Emerging Issues TechNote
Director MX 2004 provides drag-and-drop behaviors that let you repurpose existing content easily to adhere to accessibility guidelines.
www.macromedia.com /software/director   (440 words)

  
 lingoworkshop.com: Brief History of Director
Director 3 was released - and "Otto Animate" the director guy on the box makes his first appearance.
Director 6.5 was a much anticipated update (to fix problems caused by the release of Quicktime 3).
Director 7 was billed as having been "rebuilt from the ground up", the culmination of "five years of development".
www.lingoworkshop.com /articles/history.php   (1808 words)

  
 Macromedia Director MX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Macromedia's Director MX, the latest version of the robust multimedia program, is not a dramatic revision.
But it's the number of features in Director that make the program seem daunting, not their difficulty, and the online tutorials, help files and training materials that ship with Director MX are excellent.
Overall, Director MX is an impressive upgrade, but it's not likely to dazzle hoards of new users into shelling out $1,199 for the program.
www.presentations.com /presentations/technology/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1842318   (683 words)

  
 MacNN | Macromedia introduces Director MX 2004
Macromedia today announced Macromedia Director MX 2004, the latest version of the industry standard multimedia authoring tool.
Macromedia Director MX 2004 empowers professional multimedia developers to create multimedia content that can be deployed on CD, DVD, intranets, kiosks, or the Internet.
Macromedia Director MX 2004 is expected to ship in English in February, for $1,200.
www.macnn.com /articles/04/01/05/director.mx.2004.debuts   (1082 words)

  
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Director MX is integrated with Macromedia Flash server technologies including Macromedia Flash Remoting to enable a secure, high performance connection between Macromedia ColdFusion MX and Shockwave Player, and Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX for multi-user games, streaming Macromedia Flash video, and real-time collaboration.
Macromedia Director MX, expected to ship in December, is priced at $1,199 for new users, $399 for users upgrading from versions 8.0 or 8.5, with educational pricing at $499.
Director MX, which is available for Mac OS X 10.1 or higher, and for Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, or Windows XP, will be available online at the Macromedia Store and in the U.S. and Canada in December 2002.
www.econtentmag.com /Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=3826   (572 words)

  
 Director tutorials
There are four tutorials available which cover the basic aspects of Macromedia Director.
Macromedia Director is a multimedia authoring application capable of producing animations, presentations and fully interactive movies.
The tutorials have been designed as workbooks so the best way to use them is to work through them from beginning to end with both your browser and Director open, or print them out a bit at a time and follow the instructions.
www.herts.ac.uk /lis/mmedia/directortutorial   (243 words)

  
 Macromedia Director Training - Online
With Andre Perdisky Director for Macintosh and Windows as a reference book, weekly lessons, visits to showcase sites that exemplify lesson topics and comments to student assignments, we will be diving into the most important application for multimedia projects: Macromedia Director.
Macromedia Director is used to create dazzling 3D entertainment, interactive product demonstrations, online learning applications and more on the Web, CD, DVD and corporate intranets.
Director files can also be seen by the Web majority, that’s over 200 million viewers and 250,000 new installations daily via the Shockwave Player.
www.hwg.org /services/classes/directortraining.html   (958 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Macromedia Director Workshop: Books: Matthew Manuel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Macromedia Director Workshop is a project-based book emphasizing the use of behaviors (Director's drag-and-drop scripting macros) to take advantage of Director's programming extensibility.
Since Director is a cluste#$?%@, it would have been nice if the book was retitled and shown how Director is not useful for much, so that it could finally be put to sleep.
Director is already a useless piece of (), and those of us that are forced to use it have terrible documentation to use - then along comes this abomination.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0789721465?v=glance   (1235 words)

  
 eWEEK: Macromedia Director Adds Mac OS X Support
Macromedia Inc. Monday announced Macromedia Director MX, a new version of the company's multimedia authoring platform for building interactive content and applications for CDs, DVDs, kiosks and the Web.
Company officials called the Macromedia Director MX a new generation of the Director product, which has been around for 14 years.
Macromedia Director MX, due out in December, will sell for $1,199 for new users and $399 for users upgrading from Director versions 8.0 or 8.5.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zdewk/is_200211/ai_ziff34176   (381 words)

  
 Macromedia Web and Internet Tools: Director   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Director MX behaviors let you easily control speech and tabbing order, and synchronize text with spoken words.
Director MX lets you add text-to-speech, captioning, and tab navigation features to Internet-based Shockwave content or standalone applications on both Windows and Macintosh systems—without the need for a screen reader.
New Director MX capabilities—such as Macromedia Flash MX Launch and Edit, Lingo control over Macromedia Flash MX objects, and the ability to create new Macromedia Flash MX objects from within Director MX—make working with Macromedia Flash MX much more efficient.
www.educcomp.co.nz /mm_director.htm   (910 words)

  
 Director MX Blog
Macromedia FreeHand MX continues the product's rich heritage of solving design problems for graphic designers and illustrators by providing a streamlined workflow that enables users to create their artwork once and then easily repurpose it to work across multiple media.
Macromedia Devnet Professional is the premium subscription level that provides developers with the ideal way to realize the benefits of Macromedia Studio MX and the new Macromedia Studio MX Plus (announced today, see separate release) by providing the same software products, as well as additional resources and upgrades delivered throughout the subscription.
Macromedia DRKs, introduced as Macromedia MX Developer Resource Kits, have been extremely successful, with developers noting the value of the content including the Macromedia Flash Datagrid, usability components, Dreamweaver extensions, and sample application code.
btartar.blogspot.com   (2389 words)

  
 Target PC.COM - Macromedia Director MX 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Director MX has the versatility of working with other Macromedia tools such as Flash MX 2004 and Fireworks MX 2004.
And like other extensions available for other Macromedia tools, there are hundreds of available Extras to fit your needs and giving you the option to actually create your owns in order to share them with other Macromedia users.
There’s no doubt about it, Macromedia Director MX 2004 is definitely the tool of choice for professional multimedia development.
www.targetpc.com /software/directormx2004   (1047 words)

  
 Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio Now Available   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Macromedia Director 8.5 is bringing 3D content online by working with leading 3D vendors to ensure developers can leverage their existing expertise with their 3D authoring software of choice (http://www.macromedia.com/software/director/3d/partners/).
Director users will not only benefit from the new 3D functionality, but also from other new features such as Macromedia Flash 5 integration - one of the most requested features from customers.
Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio is immediately available for both Macintosh and Windows platforms.
www.unleash.com /press/mmdirector85.html   (871 words)

  
 Director Notifications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
TechNote (updated): The QuickTime Asset Xtra found in both Macromedia Director and the Shockwave Player fails to properly detect the presence of the public beta release of Apple's QuickTime 7 for Windows, causing error messages that the Xtra is missing or failed to initialize properly.
TechNote: Users of Macromedia Director MX 2004 are unable to import and properly use Flash 8-authored Macromedia Flash Player movies (SWF files) published for Flash Player 8.
TechNote: The QuickTime Asset Xtra found in both Macromedia Director and the Shockwave Player fails to properly detect the presence of QuickTime 7 for Windows although it is installed.
weblogs.macromedia.com /product_feeds/archives/director/index.rdf   (339 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Director, the long-time anchor of the Macromedia multimedia development line, is the latest Macromedia product to experience the MX makeover, joining its Studio MX cohorts Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks (Freehand has yet to receive the MX treatment).
Director remains one of the premier multimedia development tools on the market, allowing you to build multimedia content in a variety of formats.
While they were overhauling the interface, Macromedia should have taken the time to add a multiple undo feature, which should be a given for a program that's been around as long as Director.
www.emedialive.com /Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?CategoryID=41&ArticleID=5085   (1012 words)

  
 Macromedia - Director TechNote : Frequently asked questions about text and fields   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The same amount of text in a field cast member would use around 2 or 3 K. Similarly, a text-based Flash component requires an instance of the Flash Asset Xtra and component information to be loaded into memory, hence requiring additional memory.
Director MX 2004 works around the Flash Asset requirement by enabling a developer to specify a common player for several components.
Since the introduction of embedded fonts in Director 7, developers have had the ability to embed or store a font in a movie file so that a font can be displayed even if it is not installed in a user's system.
www.macromedia.com /cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_3180   (1034 words)

  
 PolyTrans-for-Macromedia Director Home Page
During an import to Director, the stand-alone PolyTrans or NuGraf software (run as a hidden COM server) imports the desired source 3D file and writes it out to a temporary Shockwave-3D.w3d file in the Windows TEMP directory.
Macromedia Director is based on the concept of a movie containing one or more casts (like a group of human actors), and each cast having 1 to 32000 cast members.
Director and Shockwave-3D are registered trademarks of Macromedia Inc.
www.okino.com /conv/pt4director.htm   (1490 words)

  
 Macromedia updates multimedia tools | CNET News.com
Director is one of Macromedia's oldest applications, dating back to the days when multimedia content was mainly distributed on CD-ROMs rather than over the Internet.
Director MX 2004 will allow easier import and faster processing of Flash content and will include a number of prefab Flash components for building user interfaces.
Macromedia Director MX 2004 works with Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Mac OS 10.2.6 and higher.
news.com.com /2100-1012_3-5134696.html   (818 words)

  
 PCQuest : Software : Macromedia Director MX    (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Macromedia is bringing everything under its MX umbrella, and Director is no different.
Director is one of the most commonly used development environments for multimedia on the Web through the shockwave player or as standalone applications on CDs/DVDs or public kiosks.
Next comes the long awaited tight integration of Flash MX with Director MX, but this is not as tight as the integration between Director and Fireworks.
www.pcquest.com /content/software/103040304.asp   (564 words)

  
 Macromedia Director Intro
Director is an advanced environment for authoring multimedia applications.
While building a complex GUI is certainly an option in Director, doing so would require a slightly larger commitment than doing it in on one of the other packages.
Another concern when using Director is that while authoring, lots of screen real estate is very nice in order to have many windows open.
www.cs.brown.edu /courses/cs092/tools/director.html   (1035 words)

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