Macromedia Director MX

Training Provided by The Virtual Training Company Macromedia Director MX is the best solution for creating rich content and applications for CD/DVD-ROM, kiosks, corporate Intranets, and the Web. Virtual Training Company author Scott Doucet teaches users the power of this prodigious application. Deliver your content anywhere, both online and offline. Everyone will get a chance to view your masterpiece! Director MX allows users to build exceptionally rich content that delivers integrated interactive audio, video, vectors and bitmaps, text, fonts, and much more. Director MX fully integrates with Macromedia Flash MX, so you can fully realize the potential of both applications by combining them together. With new Lingo control over Flash MX objects, you can streamline your workflow, thus reducing development time. To begin learning, simply click one of the movie topics below!

Macromedia Director MX

Director MX Introduction

1. Director MX Intro
2. Brief History of Director
3. Director MX Enhancements
4. Director MX Integration Features
5. System Requirements

Director MX Workspace

1. MX Workspace
2. MX Docking
3. Answers Window
4. Cast Window
5. Stage Window pt. 1
6. Stage Window pt. 2
7. Score Window
8. Selecting Sprites and Frames in the Score
9. Markers pt. 1
10. Markers pt. 2
11. Navigation pt. 1
12. Navigation pt. 2
13. Property Inspector
14. Saving
15. Tool Palette

Cast Window

1. Cast Members Intro
2. Cast Members and the Cast Window
3. Creating Cast Members pt. 1
4. Creating Cast Members pt. 2
5. Creating Cast Members pt. 3
6. Creating Cast Members pt. 4
7. Organizing Cast Members

Sprites and Inks

1. Sprites
2. Selecting Sprites
3. Sprite Overlays
4. Positing Sprites
5. Intro to Sprite Inks
6. Links pt. 1
7. Links pt. 2

Text and Fields

1. Intro to Text and Fields
2. Creating Text and Fields in Director
3. Importing Text
4. Embedding Fonts

Digital Video and Audio

1. Sound Intro
2. Audio Control
3. Audio Synchronization
4. AVI Movies
5. QuickTime Movies
6. Digital Video Summary

Paint Window

1. Intro to Paint Window
2. Lasso Tool
3. Marquee Tool
4. Brush Tool
5. Airbrush tool
6. Gradients and Ink Effects
7. Registration Points
8. Importing Bitmaps
9. Transforming Bitmaps

Vector Window

1. Vector Window Intro
2. Creating Vector Shapes

Animation

1. Intro to Animation
2. Animation
3. Step Recording
4. Real Time Recording
5. Film Loops

Tempo and Transition Channels

1. Palette Channel
2. Temp Channel
3. Transitions Channel

Flash

1. Intro to Flash
2. Flash Properties
3. Flash Behaviors
4. Importing Flash Sites
5. Controlling Director in Flash

Library Behaviors

1. Intro to Library Behaviors
2. Animation Automatic Behaviors
3. Animation Interactive Behaviors
4. Animation Sprite Transitions
5. Text Behaviors pt. 1
6. Text Behaviors pt. 2
7. Control Behaviors pt. 1
8. Control Behaviors pt. 2
9. Control Behaviors pt. 3

Creating Behaviors (Behavior Inspector)

1. Intro to Behavior Inspector
2. Creating Buttons pt. 1
3. Creating Buttons pt. 2
4. Creating Text Buttons pt. 1
5. Creating Text Buttons pt. 2
6. Hyperlink Buttons

Accessibility Behaviors

1. Intro to Accessibility
2. Text to Speech Behaviors pt. 1
3. Text to Speech Behaviors pt. 2
4. Captioning

Lingo/Scripts/MIAW

1. Intro to Lingo
2. Message Window and Lingo pt. 1
3. Message Window and Lingo pt. 2
4. Message Window and Lingo pt. 3
5. Scripts and Lingo
6. If Then Statements pt. 1
7. If Then Statements pt. 2
8. Script Window
9. MIAW
10. Using Director MX Assistance
11. Memory Inspector

3D Behaviors

1. Introduction to 3D
2. 3D Behaviors pt. 1
3. 3D Behaviors pt. 2

Projectors/Shockwave Movies/Exporting

1. Creating Projectors pt. 1
2. Creating Projectors pt. 2
3. Publishing Shockwave Movies pt. 1
4. Publishing Shockwave Movies pt. 2
5. Exporting to Bitmaps and Digital Movies

Xtras

1. Intro to Xtras
2. Buddy API Xtra pt. 1
3. Buddy API Xtra pt. 2
4. Packaging with Xtras

Project

1. Intro to the Project
2. Scope and Specfications Document
3. Creating Comps
4. Interface Design pt. 1
5. Interface Design pt. 2
6. Importing Cast Members pt. 1
7. Importing Cast Members pt. 2
8. Importing Cast Members pt. 3
9. Setting up the Score pt. 1
10. Setting up the Score pt. 2
11. Creating Interactivity and Behaviors pt. 1
12. Creating Interactivity and Behaviors pt. 2
13. Creating Interactivity and Behaviors pt. 3
14. Creating Interactivity and Behaviors pt. 4
15. Creating Interactivity and Behaviors pt. 5
16. Creating Interactivity and Behaviors pt. 6
17. Adding Transitions
18. Creating a PC Projector pt. 1
19. Creating a PC Projector pt. 2

Creating a Mac Projector and Hybrid CD

1. Creating a Mac Projector
2. Creating a Cross Platform (Hybrid) CD

Closing Comments

1. Developing Kiosk Applications

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