Macromedia Director 8 Training
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Macromedia Director 8 enables you to develop magnetic destination content and interactive media on the Web, CDs and DVDs and corporate Intranets. Build dazzling 3D entertainment, interactive product demonstrations and online learning applications. Director 8 unleashes your creativity by providing you with the tools that allow you to combine graphics, sound, animation, text, and video into compelling content that will grab your audience. Let author Scott Doucet give you the knowledge necessary to use these tools. He will make it so much easier for you to create, import, animate, and control media. You can begin learning with Virtual Training Company's tutorial now by clicking one of the subjects below.
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Introduction to Director 8
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New in Director 8 | (02:06) | |
Differences Between the PC and the Mac | (01:07) | |
Director Help | (03:02) | |
Director Workspace
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Director Workspace | (03:08) | |
Director Windows | (02:19) | |
Preferences | (02:50) | |
The Cast | (01:38) | |
The Score | (05:35) | |
The Stage | (02:50) | |
Property Inspector | (02:00) | |
Sprites and the Score | (03:55) | |
Selecting Frames | (02:39) | |
Markers | (08:40) | |
Find and Replace | (04:37) | |
Using save and Save and Compact | (01:20) | |
Tool Palette | (07:03) | |
Cast and Cast Members
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Cast Members | (02:22) | |
Creating Cast Members | (09:27) | |
Cast Member Types | (01:08) | |
Organizing Cast Members | (03:08) | |
Cast Member preferences | (03:18) | |
Finding Cast Members | (02:41) | |
Libraries | (01:02) | |
Sprites
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Sprites | (01:27) | |
Creating Sprites | (02:20) | |
Sprite Properties | (05:29) | |
Sprites and Frames | (03:30) | |
Positioning Sprites | (05:45) | |
Selecting Sprites | (04:36) | |
Blends and Inks | (05:01) | |
Behaviors
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Behavior Liary | (06:29) | |
Behavior Inspector | (02:27) | |
Rollover Behavior | (02:27) | |
Radio Button Behaviors | (03:12) | |
Animated Behaviors | (01:57) | |
Script Window | (03:06) | |
Events and Actions | (06:17) | |
Lingo & Scripts
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Lingo Fundamentals 1 | (12:41) | |
Lingo Fundamentals 2 | (08:13) | |
Handlers and Functions | (09:41) | |
If-Then Statements | (07:59) | |
Global Variables | (01:56) | |
Lists | (07:13) | |
Script Types | (07:42) | |
Script Execution Priority | (03:13) | |
Watcher and Debugger | (05:29) | |
Text and Fields
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Text | (02:45) | |
Creating Text Cast Members | (05:18) | |
Field Text and Menus | (06:32) | |
Text Window | (04:09) | |
Embedding Fonts | (02:42) | |
Audio and Digital Movies
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Audio | (08:26) | |
QuickTime | (04:08) | |
AVI Movies | (03:02) | |
Flash
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Flash Movies | (08:18) | |
Flash and Director | (03:56) | |
Navigation
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Basic Navigation | (09:35) | |
Mouse Events | (03:39) | |
Memory Management
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Memory Management | (04:39) | |
Memory Management-Sprites | (03:04) | |
Movies in a Window
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MIAW | (03:24) | |
Tweening & Animation
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Tweening | (04:27) | |
Tweening Options | (03:24) | |
Frame by Frame Animation | (05:09) | |
Step Recording | (02:31) | |
Realtime Recording | (01:37) | |
Film Loops | (06:26) | |
Paint and Vector Graphics
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Paint Window | (04:38) | |
Paint Tools | (06:28) | |
Registration Points | (03:19) | |
Colors | (01:35) | |
Gradients | (02:11) | |
Patterns and Fills | (02:25) | |
Paint Effects | (02:36) | |
Paint Ink Effects | (01:59) | |
Onion Skinning | (03:02) | |
Vector Shape Window | (03:46) | |
Vector Shape Tools | (06:01) | |
Animated Gif | (03:03) | |
Vector vs. Bitmap Images | (04:06) | |
Tempo, Transition and Palette Channels
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Color Palettes Part 1 | (04:44) | |
Color Palettes Part 2 | (04:55) | |
Tempo Channel | (05:02) | |
Transitions | (04:37) | |
Shockwave Movies
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Shockwave Movies Overview | (05:36) | |
Shockwave Publish Settings | (11:40) | |
Movie Playback Options | (01:32) | |
Export
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Distribution Formats | (05:42) | |
Creating Projectors | (05:14) | |
Exporting Movies | (02:33) | |
Updating Movies | (02:08) | |
Xtras | (04:08) | |
Credits
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About the Author | (04:08) |
Title Information / Pricing
Title: | Macromedia Director 8 |
Author: | Scott Doucet |
SKU: | 33193 |
ISBN: | 1930519222 |
Release Date: | 2000-12-04 |
Price: | |
Duration: | 8 hrs / 92 lessons |
Work Files: |
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Captions: | No |
Compatibility: |
Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux QuickTime 7 |
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