Macromedia Director MX 2004

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Macromedia Director MX 2004
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Purpose

• Director is a multimedia authoring tool you can
  use to integrate audio, video, images, text and
  animations into an interactive application.
• Content developed in Director can be delivered
  for
• CDs
• DVDs
• Internet

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Advantages

• Macromedia Director supports
• Over 40 media and graphics formats, including
• DVD-Video
• AVI
• Flash
• 3D
• WAV
• AIFF

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Advantages

• Easily add and control Macromedia Flash movies
  and Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004

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Advantages

• Supports JavaScript syntax that supplements
  traditional Lingo script.

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Advantages

• Cross-Platform Projector Publishing

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Advantages

• Accessibility Support

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Macromedia Director Workspace

• Stage is a blank area you see the first time
  you open the application.
• To create a movie you need to place cast members
  onto the stage.

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Macromedia Director Workspace

• The Cast - all the content that appears in your
  movie is referred to as a cast member.
• Cast members can be referenced by a number or a
  name.
• Cast members need to be placed on the stage in
  order to appear in the movie.
• Sprite a copy of the cast member.
• Sprite has properties such
• Size
• Color
• Behavior
• Position on the stage

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Macromedia Director Workspace

• The Score it is a table with columns and rows
  that organizes and controls all the elements in
  the movie.