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Macromedia Director 8 Tutorials

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Macromedia Director 8 enables you to develop magnetic destination content and interactive media on the Web, CDs and DVDs and corporate Intranets. Build dazzling 3D entertainment, interactive product demonstrations and online learning applications. Director 8 unleashes your creativity by providing you with the tools that allow you to combine graphics, sound, animation, text, and video into compelling content that will grab your audience. Let author Scott Doucet give you the knowledge necessary to use these tools. He will make it so much easier for you to create, import, animate, and control media. You can begin learning with Virtual Training Company's tutorial now by clicking one of the subjects below.
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Introduction to Director 8
 New in Director 8 (02:06)
 Differences Between the PC and the Mac (01:07)
 Director Help (03:02)
Director Workspace
 Director Workspace (03:08)
 Director Windows (02:19)
 Preferences (02:50)
 The Cast (01:38)
 The Score (05:35)
 The Stage (02:50)
 Property Inspector (02:00)
 Sprites and the Score (03:55)
 Selecting Frames (02:39)
 Markers (08:40)
 Find and Replace (04:37)
 Using save and Save and Compact (01:20)
 Tool Palette (07:03)
Cast and Cast Members
 Cast Members (02:22)
 Creating Cast Members (09:27)
 Cast Member Types (01:08)
 Organizing Cast Members (03:08)
 Cast Member preferences (03:18)
 Finding Cast Members (02:41)
 Libraries (01:02)
Sprites
 Sprites (01:27)
 Creating Sprites (02:20)
 Sprite Properties (05:29)
 Sprites and Frames (03:30)
 Positioning Sprites (05:45)
 Selecting Sprites (04:36)
 Blends and Inks (05:01)
Behaviors
 Behavior Liary (06:29)
 Behavior Inspector (02:27)
 Rollover Behavior (02:27)
 Radio Button Behaviors (03:12)
 Animated Behaviors (01:57)
 Script Window (03:06)
 Events and Actions (06:17)
Lingo & Scripts
 Lingo Fundamentals 1 (12:41)
 Lingo Fundamentals 2 (08:13)
 Handlers and Functions (09:41)
 If-Then Statements (07:59)
 Global Variables (01:56)
 Lists (07:13)
 Script Types (07:42)
 Script Execution Priority (03:13)
 Watcher and Debugger (05:29)
Text and Fields
 Text (02:45)
 Creating Text Cast Members (05:18)
 Field Text and Menus (06:32)
 Text Window (04:09)
 Embedding Fonts (02:42)
Audio and Digital Movies
 Audio (08:26)
 QuickTime (04:08)
 AVI Movies (03:02)
Flash
 Flash Movies (08:18)
 Flash and Director (03:56)
Navigation
 Basic Navigation (09:35)
 Mouse Events (03:39)
Memory Management
 Memory Management (04:39)
 Memory Management-Sprites (03:04)
Movies in a Window
 MIAW (03:24)
Tweening & Animation
 Tweening (04:27)
 Tweening Options (03:24)
 Frame by Frame Animation (05:09)
 Step Recording (02:31)
 Realtime Recording (01:37)
 Film Loops (06:26)
Paint and Vector Graphics
 Paint Window (04:38)
 Paint Tools (06:28)
 Registration Points (03:19)
 Colors (01:35)
 Gradients (02:11)
 Patterns and Fills (02:25)
 Paint Effects (02:36)
 Paint Ink Effects (01:59)
 Onion Skinning (03:02)
 Vector Shape Window (03:46)
 Vector Shape Tools (06:01)
 Animated Gif (03:03)
 Vector vs. Bitmap Images (04:06)
Tempo, Transition and Palette Channels
 Color Palettes Part 1 (04:44)
 Color Palettes Part 2 (04:55)
 Tempo Channel (05:02)
 Transitions (04:37)
Shockwave Movies
 Shockwave Movies Overview (05:36)
 Shockwave Publish Settings (11:40)
 Movie Playback Options (01:32)
Export
 Distribution Formats (05:42)
 Creating Projectors (05:14)
 Exporting Movies (02:33)
 Updating Movies (02:08)
 Xtras (04:08)
Credits
 About the Author (04:08)


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Tutorial Information / Pricing
Title: Macromedia Director 8
Author: Scott Doucet
SKU: 33193
ISBN: 1930519222
Duration: 8 hrs / 92 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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