Overview
Get up and running quickly with Macromedia's leading program in multimedia authoring. An easy, visual approach to teaching Director. Uses screenshots to guide you through the software. Set up to be used like a reference book: Look up just what you need to know to get right to work. Step-by-step instructions show you how. The book will be updated to include better graphics and have an expanded Web coverage. New Director 8 material will be covered.
Synopsis
Creative professionals depend on Macromedia Director to produce Web content, CD and DVD titles, interactive advertising, and business presentations. Director 8 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide gives you a fast, clear, practical introduction to the premier multimedia authoring application.
Like the other Visual QuickStart Guides, Director 8: VQS cuts through the complexities of the program with step-by-step instructions and hundreds of screenshots. Whether you follow the book from start to finish or use its tabbed format to page to specific topics, you'll quickly learn how to combine bitmap and vector graphics, digital video, sound, and text into interactive multimedia movies. Completely revised from the previous version, this edition features brand-new graphics and covers what's new in version 8 on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms.
Booknews
Introduces the fundamentals of using Macromedia Director to create animation and multimedia productions for the Web, CD-ROM, or a local network. Topics include assembling cast members, editing cast members with paint tools, altering color palettes, and adding sound. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)