INSIDE Macromedia Director 8 and Lingo [Paperback]

Scott J Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 21, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0766820084 | ISBN-13: 978-0766820081 | Edition: 1

INSIDE Macromedia Director 8 & Lingo, the first book in the INSIDE Macromedia Series, features examples and exercises based on multimedia tasks and functions typical of Corporate, Marketing and Educational applications. While assisting you in achieving proficiency using one of today's most popular multimedia development tools, these exercises will also strengthen your overall knowledge of effective authoring techniques. By working through INSIDE Macromedia Director 8, you'll learn to create interactive presentations - regardless of your experience and programming expertise - by zeroing in on the aspects of using Director 8 that are most pertinent to real-world multimedia development.

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From the Publisher

These days, it seems like there is no limit to the things that one can do on a computer. With the right software, any creative idea can be executed. One such program is Director, one of the most widely used multimedia tools available today. With the help of Director, the creative possibilities for presentations, interactive CDs, computer games, and other multimedia applications are limited only by your own imagination-and your Director know-how.

Scott J. Wilson, Ph.D., and Richard Salvetierra have written "Director 8 and Lingo" to ensure that the know-how comes quickly and effectively. Focusing on the 'need-to-know' functions of Director, that are conveniently broken into single-session 'learning chunks' in this book, "Director 8 and Lingo" helps new users quickly learn the essential ins and outs of building interactive multimedia applications.

Firm believers that the best learning occurs through hands-on experience, the authors provide extensive examples and exercises to reinforce the new information. Also included in the book are the tips and shortcuts that only experts and veterans could show a new user. And designed to promote basic-level interactivity, the book presents full coverage of Lingo, Director's scripting language. Wilson and Salvetierra's book, "Director 8 and Lingo", holds your reader's hand as they jump full-speed into Director and the designing of their own multimedia applications.

From the Author

Our book, Inside Macromedia Director 8 and Lingo, bears the fruit of our long experience as professionals in the multimedia industry, 15 years teaching computer software programs and over 8 years as an Authorized Macromedia Training Provider. And we are also learners - constantly learning new software programs - and looking for the means to help ourselves learn faster and more effectively.

In this book, we have sought to combine the Learning Activities that help users more quickly and easily get up to speed ... with "hands-on" exercises that reflect Director's "real-world" applications and functions. Our Learning Activities are structured so that this book can be effectively used by those learning on their own or by those in a classroom with an instructor.

As learners, we also find visual illustrations to be extremely valuable. Our book includes hundreds of screen captures illustrating what is seen on-screen and within the authoring structures. The book also includes a CD-ROM with all the "beginning" and "finished" exercises, and all the necessary media elements.

We hope that we have created book that you will find both effective in your quest for learning and that will provide fun as you do so.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 656 pages
• Publisher: OnWord Press; 1 edition (July 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766820084
• ISBN-13: 978-0766820081
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,548,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars easy to read w/ many illustrations!, October 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: INSIDE Macromedia Director 8 and Lingo (Paperback)

many of the software books are very thick and hard to follow, until i found this book. i actually took the time and read from page to page with 'full understanding'. it's nice that this book is 50% texts and 50% pictures.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Full of typos and errors, February 26, 2002

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This review is from: INSIDE Macromedia Director 8 and Lingo (Paperback)

I had to go through this book with a pencil, correcting all the spelling mistakes, instruction errors, and gross inconsistencies between the book and the CD. Other than that, it's a great help in learning Director from scratch. I might have finished the book sooner if I didn't have to sit back and scratch my head in confusion every other paragraph.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars a great disappointment, June 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: INSIDE Macromedia Director 8 and Lingo (Paperback)

I set this as the core tutorial text for an introductory unit in Director. The great majority of the students found it less than helpful. It led to deep confusion and frustration. It needs a thorough edit, not only for typographic errors, but for structural ones. Important basic information is left to the last 3 chapters. Many of the tutorials are just a show and tell, with limited educational outcomes.