Director in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) (Paperback)

~ Bruce A Epstein (Author)

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Amazon.com Review

Director in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference helps Director users uncover little-known but vitally important details about using Macromedia's multimedia program effectively. It supplies ample guidance on troubleshooting common difficulties and insight on avoiding the most common problems.

This is a well-organized book--progressing from developing your understanding of how Director works, which should enrich your productivity, to showing you how to best handle audio and video. In particular, you learn how to use the Score and create animations tools as well as work with Cast members, libraries, and the Stage. You get to set up coordinates, alignment, and registration points; tackle cross-platform delivery issues; and create projectors and runtime files. Those out to optimize their system performance will find sections on managing memory.

You get plenty of help using Lingo and Director's scripting tool, as well as in working with limitations in the various versions of Director. (The book covers versions 6, 6.5, and 7 for both Windows and Macintosh.) Users of every level should be able to glean a lot of useful tips from this book, though most parts are of a technical level best suited to proficient users rather than newcomers to the program. --Kathleen Caster

From Library Journal

Readers already familiar with Director who are moving from version 6/6.5 to 7 will want this solid resource, which is also a companion to Epstein's recent Lingo in a Nutshell (O'Reilly, 1998).
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 655 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565923820
• ISBN-13: 978-1565923829
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,685,572 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Superb Reference on Director, February 11, 2000

By	Donald Lawson (Allentown, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What makes this the best reference book on Director available? Is it possiblethat everything you wanted to know about Director is in it? Look atchapter 1, How Director Works. Learn alternative ways to approach tasks in Director. Although a reference book, you will want to read every page afraid that a missed page could cost you days work. Open this book to any page from beginning to end and you will find something of true value. Bruce has assembled a HUGE amount of information for anyone using Director. Thankfully, the index is well constructed. Don't let the relatively low number of reviews fool you, if you want to get serious with Director you NEED this book. I suspect that all serious users already have it. However, Bruce was the first to say in the Preface that this is NOT a step-by-step instructional guide (my choice would be Director 7 and Lingo Bible for that). Bruce also posts additional information on his WEB site.

A fantastic value - get this book and watch your Director productivity skyrocket!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book In Town, August 25, 1999

By A Customer

The BEST book around. A MUST for serius designer. The most wised book. I do not think you must be in a hurry to publish new book about LIAN covering D7. It is all IN DIAN allready lingo in D7 plus everything in D7. I WILL GET ANYTHING YOU PUBLISH about director, without even seeing the book Vasilis Vorrias

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Director in a Nutshell & Lingo in a Nutshell shine!, January 14, 2000

By	M Stage (Sweden) - See all my reviews

Director in a Nutshell and Lingo in a Nutshell are the best books around on Director. Period. No nonsense, great examples and a fantastic resource for every Director user - if you use the books as the author wants them to be used. They really ARE Desktop Quick References, not tutorials. For people that love never ending step-by-step exercises - look elsewhere. For people that need the best printed problem-solving help around on D7 - this is it.