Special Edition Using Macromedia Director MX [Paperback]

Gary Rosenzweig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 23, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0789729032 | ISBN-13: 978-0789729033

Special Edition Using Macromedia Director MX is a comprehensive guide to creating and publishing Director movies.

The book includes complete coverage of the newest version of Director, from advanced issues such as Lingo scripting and multi-user applications on how to employ the 3D API.

This edition includes more coverage of multi-user applications, using 3D media, efficient sprite editing with the context-sensitive Property Inspector, increased control of cast members through the Cast Manager, vector drawing tools that add illustration capability, and special imaging effects and transition behaviors to add pizzazz and drama to applications.

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Special Edition Using Macromedia Director MX is a comprehensive guide to creating and publishing Director movies.

The book includes complete coverage of the newest version of Director, from advanced issues such as Lingo scripting and multi-user applications on how to employ the 3D API.

This edition includes more coverage of multi-user applications, using 3D media, efficient sprite editing with the context-sensitive Property Inspector, increased control of cast members through the Cast Manager, vector drawing tools that add illustration capability, and special imaging effects and transition behaviors to add pizzazz and drama to applications.

About the Author

Gary Rosenzweig is the chief engineer, founder, and owner of CleverMedia, a game and multimedia development company in Denver, Colorado. This is his 10th book on Macromedia Director and Flash.

Gary has degrees from both Drexel University in Philadelphia and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He has been building multimedia projects since 1989. CleverMedia was founded in 1995 and has produced more than 250 Shockwave and Flash games for CleverMedia's sites and other companies.

Gary lives in Denver, Colorado, with wife Debby, daughter Luna, cat Lucy, and dog Natasha. Debby owns The Attic Bookstore (http://atticbookstore.com/), a used bookstore in Denver. Other than computers and the Internet, Gary also enjoys film, camping, classic science fiction books, writing, and video games. Some of Gary's other books are Advanced Lingo for Games (Que Publishing) Flash MX ActionScript for Fun and Games (Que Publishing) Sams Teach Yourself Flash MX ActionScript in 24 Hours (Sams Publishing) Personal Home Page: http://www.garyrosenzweig.com/ Email: http://www.garyrosenzweig.com/email.html

Product Details

• Paperback: 840 pages
• Publisher: Que (June 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789729032
• ISBN-13: 978-0789729033
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,244,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gary Rosenzweig is a programmer, Web site developer, Internet entrepreneur, podcaster and computer book writer. He is the host and publisher of the MacMost video podcast and Web site. He has also programmed more than 200 Web-based and iPhone games. He has written many books on Flash and Shockwave game development.

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent Director MX resource, July 7, 2003

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MR M PORTER (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Special Edition Using Macromedia Director MX (Paperback)

Working in a busy development studio, we've purchased all of Gary Rosenzweig's 'Special Edition, Using...' Director books over the last 4 years or so, and in this edition he's given the series a great overhaul.

The book is not particularly aimed at a Director beginner (like most titles seem to be), although as a beginner this book will have you making your own multimedia very quickly. It's more tailored towards intermediate (and even very experienced) developers who want to push their skills a little bit further - or simply want a reference book full of extremely useful, and practical solutions. None of this 'Hello World' stuff in here, all of the examples have clearly come from a mind who knows what is useful to us developers.

The book differs quite a lot from the previous versions, in that there is much more content now on 3D, Flash integration and imaging Lingo. The beginner chapters (focusing on the Director metaphor etc.) have been condensed (though they still cover all that's needed to know) to make way for the new content - also, 7 chapters focusing on specific product development (which were part of the old books) have been removed from the printed part of the book and added to the packed CDROM which accompanies the title.

I can't praise this book highly enough; if you're using Director MX at all, be it professionally or as a student, this book is an absolute must!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY GOOD BOOK, August 10, 2003

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Edwin Bossier "Edwin" (Belgium, Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Special Edition Using Macromedia Director MX (Paperback)

This book states it's the only Director MX book you will ever need ... well, it's TRUE. Buy it, you will not be disappointed. Director is a great tool. Especially if you have a programming background, you will embrace the power of Lingo to create multimedia applications. This book shows some of the best Lingo examples I have seen up to now in Director books. It's good as a learning book and it's equally good as a reference book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listen to me..... its the words of wisdom, April 23, 2005

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O. Hinostroza "sephirothevil" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Special Edition Using Macromedia Director MX (Paperback)

I really don't have to get into detail. This is the book you want to have when you need something to go back on and read. This is the 1st book that helped me the most i only used 4 books but this one was the one that made me go back and read up again and me as a person that hates to read, I learn a ton of stuff from this very book. I'm telling you right now no one here can tell you all the details this one book has but if you pick it up and read it you will see for your self that this book is worth more then it cost. He even has a mixure of games inside the cd its crazy. This book chills in my back pack when i need some lingo codes and which im back in director for the 3d field im just useing it to bring back the old codes which this book holds. All i can tell you is that this is a great book for director and perhaps one of the best i have encounter you won't regrate it trust me on that.