Overview
Let two seasoned professionals take you on a hands-on tour of the hottest multimedia/Web publishing tool on the market. Whether you're a raw beginner or an experienced programmer, you'll find the informaiton and exercises you need to start authoring your own interactive Web sites, CD-ROMs, and other profesional-level applications.
What's Inside:
- Comprehensive instruction in Lingo, Director's powerful scripting language—from the basics to advanced topics, including the latest additions to the language
- Integrating of Shockwave and Flash animation, new with Director 7
- "Scriptless authoring" with the Behavior Inspector
- Adding CD-quality audio, digital video, and real-time animation with dynamic alpha channels
- Project profiles about real-world Director projects, including applications in open-code format so the reader can analyze and modify the code
- Interactivity—from the basics of nonlinear navigation to advanced techniques
- Authoring for the Internet with Director's Shockwave technology
- Using Xtras to extend Director's capabilities
- Debigging and troubleshooting tips
About the Authors:
Jason Roberts is the prsiden of Panmedia, a Sausalito, California-based new media company founded in 1992. He has written several books on technical topics, as well as articles for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Village VoiceMultimedia Reader.
Phil Gross is the founder of Mel Co., a San Francisco Bay Area consulting firm that offers programming and instructional design support. He has written books and training materials on such topics as UNIX, assembly language, and OS/2, and he authored the Macromedia Press/Peachpit Press bestseller Director 7 and Lingo Authorized.