Adobe Director 12 / FAQ

Adobe Director 12 and Adobe Shockwave® Player software help you create and publish compelling interactive games, demos, prototypes, kiosks, simulations, and eLearning courses for the web, iOS devices, Mac and Windows® desktops, DVDs, and CDs. Integrate virtually any major file format, including video created with Adobe Flash® software and native 3D content, for the greatest return on your creativity.

Multimedia application authors, 3D game developers, and education and training application authors who want to create the most compelling interactive content should purchase Adobe Director 12.

See the comprehensive list of new Director 12 features. Top new features include:

• Publish to iOS devices workflow - Adobe Director 12 can now publish games directly to iOS devices, through a simple, yet powerful workflow. Existing games can be republished to run on the iOS platform. Enhance the gaming experience by incorporating new support for accelerometers and other device specific interactions. * Additional Fees Apply.
• Stereoscopy with Adobe Director 12 - Using Lingo Script or JAVA Script, Stereoscopy can be enabled with appropriate Depth settings in Adobe Director 12. Shockwave Player 12 converts the shockwave 3D content to stereoscopy mode at run time without any extra effort. Game player can choose to experience the immersive stereoscopic mode at anytime during game play.
• Exciting new textures and shaders - Make your Director movies a visual treat by taking advantage of the exciting new textures, such as PerlinNoise Texture, CubeMap Render Texture and shaders, such as Fresnel Shader.
• New sensational Post-processing effects - You can now add several exciting effects, such as Convolution filter, Adjust Color filter, Depth of Field, Bloom Effect, Night Vision, etc., to visually enhance movies.
• Create Stunning Surround Sound Multimedia — Make your games sound as real as they look with 5.1 channel surround sound, real-time mixing, audio effects, and DSP filters.
• H.264 video integration  — Create an enhanced multimedia experience using H.264 video integration that lets you play full-screen, high-definition video in your multimedia applications and games.
• New 3D importer for Google SketchUp — Rapidly create rich 3D environments using the many ready-made 3D models available via Google SketchUp and Google 3D Warehouse.
• Streaming support — Achieve an even wider variety of rich visual effects, including blur, drop shadow, bevel, glow, and more, with bitmap filters you can apply through the user interface or scripting.Take advantage of Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) to stream audio and video over the Internet.
• Manipulate ByteArrays — Save development time and reduce application-loading time using ByteArray datatype, which lets you easily access and manipulate binary data.
• Enhanced physics engine — Create new levels of advanced dynamic motion and interaction in your games and simulations thanks to an enhanced physics engine that offers support for dynamic concave rigid bodies.
• Enhanced productivity with multiple undo/redo — Experiment freely, knowing you can instantly undo or redo multiple steps in one click.

Director 12 is available in English, French, German, and Japanese versions now.

Director 12 for education is available at a discounted price to qualified educational end users. Visit the Adobe Store to learn more about special prices for teachers and students.

The 30-day trial version of Director 12 will be available.

Yes, you can use the same license key for both Windows and MAC versions of the product. For more information, see this article.