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As a Macromedia Flash developer, you're probably
thinking,
"Flash is great, so why would I want to
use Director?" Macromedia Flash is a vector-based
program designed to create and display small
files
on
the web, and it accomplishes this by limiting
the types of images and media that can be
displayed.
Director is a multimedia authoring tool designed
to create content for the web, CD and kiosk
presentations, software prototypes, stand-alone
applications, single- and multiplayer
games, drawing programs, slide shows, movies
and cartoons for education and entertainment,
and anything else your imagination can come
up with.
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if you want to create interactive content that includes
photo-quality images, digital video, sounds, animation,
3D models, text, hypertext, and Macromedia Flash content,
and be able
to control how and when these elements appear, move, sound,
and change while the movie plays, then you need Director.
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Here's
the countdown of the top ten reasons to use Director MX: |
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Integrate
multiple media types for compelling results.
Integrate the most comprehensive array of multimedia
elements to create fast-rendering, high-performance,
media-rich applications. Incorporate interactive 2D
and 3D animation, streaming RealVideo, RealAudio,
Macromedia Flash MX, MP3, QuickTime, bitmaps, vectors,
text, and custom fonts. |
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Author
once and deliver anywhere.
Author once and deploy royalty-free to multiple environments
including CDs, DVDs, kiosks, corporate intranets,
and the web. Director MX enables you to distribute
on whatever medium you choose. |
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Create accessible
content.
Make applications accessible to all users, including
those with disabilities. Easily create content that
satisfies internationally recommended guidelines
and legislated requirements for accessible software.
You
can deploy accessible Director MX–created content
on Macintosh or Windows, in browser or as stand-alone
applications without the need for a screen reader.
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Create with unlimited
control.
Lingo, the object-oriented scripting language in Director
MX, lets you add powerful interactivity, data-tracking,
script-driven 2D and 3D animations, behaviors, and effects.
Programmers familiar with ActionScript, JavaScript,
or Visual Basic will find Lingo syntax easy to learn.
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Provide the
best user experience for CD/DVD content.
The performance, media handling, and extensibility
of Director MX make it ideal for deploying content
on CDs,
DVDs, kiosks, and other fixed media. Thanks to its
advanced dynamic memory management, it loads quickly
and unloads large files into system memory for optimal
content
playback.
In addition, it can create full-featured applications
that can access, launch, and control other applications
from within the Director MX executable. |
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Extend functionality
and customize content.
Part of the Director MX and Shockwave Player extensible
plug-in architecture includes Xtra extensions. Xtras
let you add an unlimited array of custom features and
functionality to your projects. For example, you can
add input/output devices (such as joysticks on a kiosk)
to your content. |
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Speed the creative
process.
The professional authoring environment, easy-to-use
visual metaphor, and advanced debugging capabilities
of Director MX speed the creative process. Its centralized
Property inspector, visual Cast manager, launch-and-edit
capabilities, and drag-and-drop behaviors reduce development
time, as does the familiar and flexible Macromedia user
interface. |
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Use long-form
video and existing video libraries.
Director MX has extensive video capabilities, including
the ability to stream video files that are minutes
or
hours in length. It natively supports QuickTime, RealVideo,
and AVI so you can immediately play existing video
files without first converting them to another format.
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Reach a growing
audience of more than 300 million web users with Shockwave
Player.
Shockwave Player is one of the most widely distributed
playback technologies on the web. It has an extensible
architecture and delivers a broad range of media to
create dazzling 3D entertainment, interactive product
demonstrations, and media-rich multiuser games. |
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Deliver compelling
interactive real-time 3D.
Import 3D models, textures, and animations from the
most popular 3D applications and services and apply
powerful 3D capabilities such as physics, particle system
effects, bones animation, motion blending, and cartoon
rendering. Real-time interactive 3D has been proven
to make learning applications, entertainment, and product
demonstrations more engaging and effective. |
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