Shocking the Web: Everything You Need to Create Interactive Multimedia Using Macromedia Shockwave for Director with CDROM [Paperback]

Cathy Clarke (Author), Lee Swearingen (Author), David K. Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997

Written by the creators of Macromedia's Shockwave web site, this is the authoritative, hands-on guide to creating movies for the Internet using Shockwave. Includes detailed case studies, step-by-step design examples, Lingo tips and tricks, and techniques for integrating Shockwave with Java. The CD-ROM contains case studies, tutorials, template files, setup software, and more.

Editorial Reviews

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If you want to create highly interactive software for the web, you have two distinct choices: Java or Director. Java requires that you know object-oriented programming, which has a pretty steep learning curve. Director requires that you understand a visual frame metaphor but calls on almost no programming skills. Macromedia has created an excellent interactive book/CD-ROM training environment for those who want to learn to use Director. This classroom-in-a-book approach also includes a demo version of Extreme 3-D and Multimedia Studio for more advanced students. About a year ago, Macromedia released AfterBurner, which is used to create shockwave files from Director movies that can be loaded onto web sites. Shockwave is covered briefly in Macromedia's title, but artists and multimedia designers will love Clarke's in-depth book/CD combination.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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authoritative, hands-on guide to creating movies for the Internet using Shockwave.

Includes detailed case studies, step-by-step design examples, Lingo tips and tricks, and techniques for integrating Shockwave with Java. The CD-ROM contains case studies, tutorials, template files, setup software, and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 447 pages
• Publisher: Macromedia Press; Includes Cd-rom edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201886626
• ISBN-13: 978-0201886627
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,962,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading Book Description, March 22, 2000

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This review is from: Shocking the Web: Everything You Need to Create Interactive Multimedia Using Macromedia Shockwave for Director with CDROM (Paperback)

This book offers only brief discussions regarding all the material in the book. I purchased this book to learn how to use director, and create interactive web content. I am extremely disappointed with this book. I do not suggest it for anyone.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Exelent source of material, April 22, 1999

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This review is from: Shocking the Web: Everything You Need to Create Interactive Multimedia Using Macromedia Shockwave for Director with CDROM (Paperback)

This book helped my page become a huge success (http://bioserv.hypermart.net) now my site gets 20,000 people a day just to see the shockwave! the book tell you absolutly everythin yoyu need to know great buy!