San Francisco—November
25, 2002—Macromedia, Inc. (Nasdaq:
MACR) today announced Macromedia
Director MX for Mac OS X. Expected to ship in
December, Director MX is the most powerful multimedia
authoring environment for building high-end, rich,
interactive content and applications deployed on CD/DVD-ROM,
kiosks, and the web via Macromedia
Shockwave Player. This is the first version of
Director for Apple's super-modern operating system
and it takes full advantage of Mac OS X's power and
stability.
"Macromedia is entirely committed to the Mac,
as all of the Macromedia MX authoring tools are built
natively for Mac OS X," said Rob Burgess, chairman
and CEO, Macromedia. "Director MX includes support
for QuickTime 6 and is optimized to take advantage
of the Mac's PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine.
Developers are chomping at the bit to use this industry-leading
multimedia authoring tool."
"Macromedia is doing terrific work for Mac OS
X, and this new version of Director MX is a prime
example," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Director
MX taps into Mac OS X's advanced technologies to deliver
a powerful authoring tool for multimedia developers
and designers."
Macromedia Director MX is expected to ship in December.
Its many new features include seamless, comprehensive
integration with the Macromedia
Flash MX product family, adoption of the streamlined
Macromedia MX user interface, major new workflow efficiencies,
and the ability to create accessible content so that
rich Director presentations can be enjoyed by people
with disabilities (see
separate release). For more information, go to
www.macromedia.com/go/director/.
Mac OS X combines the power and stability of UNIX
with the simplicity and elegance of the Macintosh,
delivering a responsive, fast, and reliable platform.
Macromedia Director MX is the latest integrated Macromedia
tool to run natively on Mac OS X, joining Macromedia
Flash MX, Macromedia
Dreamweaver MX, Macromedia
Fireworks MX, and Macromedia
FreeHand 10.
ABOUT MACROMEDIA
Macromedia (www.macromedia.com) empowers
millions of designers and developers to create effective
user experiences across the widest array of platforms
and devices. Through an open, integrated family of
client, tool, and server technologies, Macromedia
is driving a new generation of rich Internet applications
that radically improves the Internet experience.
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