Director 7 for Macintosh and Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Teaches fundamentals of using Macromedia Director for creating animation and multimedia productions for networks and the Web. Covers all steps involved in creating Director projects, with step-by-step directions supported by screen shots on every page, plus tips for working more efficiently. Assumes no previous experience with this software. This edition covers both Macintosh and Windows versions of the program. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Macromedia Director is the authoring software of choice for multimedia professionals of all types. Designed around the metaphor of a movie production, with its scenes, scripts, scores, and casts, Director lets users merge and orchestrate text, graphics, animation, video, sound effects, and music into business presentations, entertainment and education CD-ROMs, interactive information kiosks, Shockwave movies for the Web, and other full-featured interactive productions.

Director 7 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide teaches all of Director's core features, showing readers how to arrange multimedia presentations, animate text and graphics, and add full interactivity to custom software. This cross-platform edition has been thoroughly updated for Director 7, covering all new basic techniques for creating animation, tools and special effects in the Paint window, cast member types, score channels, techniques for arranging frames and cells in the score, scene transitions, changes to how Director processes color, and upgrades in sound processing.