Director 8 and Lingo Authorized (3rd Edition) [Paperback]

Phil Gross (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 9, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0201702622 | ISBN-13: 978-0201702620 | Edition: 3

This course-in-a-box teaches everything readers need to know about using the latest version of Director to create dynamic animation and interactive movies for multimedia or Internet productions. The material is presented in some 30 manageable step-by-step lessons that can be completed in or out of a classroom in about 50 hours. Working their way through the lessons and using the lesson and media files on the CD-ROM, readers readily learn sophisticated techniques for incorporating and editing text, sound, video, graphics, and animation and transforming it into sophisticated Director movies. As the industry standard, Macromedia Director offers powerful tools maintaining the intuitive metaphor of a theater production for its interface and terminology. It's the program of choice for creating interactive multimedia productions that may take the form of Web content, CD/DVD ROM titles and games, advertising pieces, kiosks, and business presentations. Previous edition ISBN: 0-201-35416-0.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Originally the tool for designing CD-ROMs, Director has morphed into the tool for web artists because it allows them to think in terms of the broad message they want to create. To take full advantage of Director, artists should learn the difficult, built-in programming language, Lingo. Although there are many excellent Director books out there, Gross's is probably the best for new users. Developed by Macromedia for company training sessions, it is easy to follow and recommended for any library with a population of web designers.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Back Cover

A short course in online movie-making. Learn to use Macromedia Director 8, the powerful, cross-platform application that helps you create dynamic interactive movies for multimedia and Internet productions. Presented in manageable step-by-step sessions, this book helps you learn to use Director 8 at your own pace. The enclosed cross-platform CD-ROM contains all the files you need to work through the lessons, plus completed versions with which you can compare your own results.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 816 pages
• Publisher: Macromedia Press; 3 edition (April 9, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201702622
• ISBN-13: 978-0201702620
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,978,856 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Director 8 and Lingo Authorised, May 12, 2000

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Peck Cheng , Tan (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Director 8 and Lingo Authorized (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

This book clearly describes director , shockwave and Lingo. Examples are given to illustrate the various concepts covered in the book. However, the converage of Lingo is not extensive , Director 7 Demystified offers better description of the Lingo programming model.Its a good book for beginners , however , for a extensive understand of Lingo , Director 7 Desmystified is a better choice

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Director 8 and Lingo Authorized, May 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Director 8 and Lingo Authorized (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

This book is not correct. the pictures that is shows in it is just a reformatted version of director 7 and lingo. the text, pictures and the lingo are all director 7, wil little to no director 8 features

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works for me, May 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Director 8 and Lingo Authorized (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I am new to Director as an application. I found the Lessons and explanations most instructive. This program has intimidated me for years. I was put in a position where I had to learn it begrudgingly. This book made it easy and more like a hill rather than a mountain for a learning curve. I recommend it for newbies.