Review
Director 5 Wizardry explains "Lingo" from concepts to hot techniques; provides helpful shortcuts, cool tricks, and easy-to-understand tutorials; demonstrates how to shock the Internet with the most promising multimedia technology for the Web (Shockwave); presents the new Macromedia Open Architecture and Xtra technology that extends Director's capabilities; features advice from professionals currently designing successful multimedia titles. Director 5 Wizardry allows the user to go beyond Director and learn proven production and asset management techniques and explains how Shockwave for Audio will take the Web by storm. Director 5 Wizardry is a must for anyone utilizing Macromedia Director (now in its fifth release). -- Midwest Book Review
Product Description
Harnesses the power of Shockwave and Afterburner, enabling users to author once and play back in the most popular delivery formats in the optimal time. Explains the advantages and disadvantages of different graphic and sound file formats and how to use them in Director development. Enables developers to extend Director's built-in capabilities by showing how to take advantage of the Xtra and XObject plug-in architecture. Explains Lingo from concepts to hot techniques. Features advice from professionals currently designing successful multimedia titles. Teaches proven production and asset management techniques beyond Director.
