Macromedia Director 8.5 Advanced

Planning and Importing Media
Planning the Movie
Importing from PowerPoint
Optimising Images


Adding Navigation
The Tempo Channel's Playback Control
Working with Images
Using Behaviours for Navigation


Lingo Scripting Concepts
Lingo as a Language
Mechanics
Lingo Keywords and Vocabulary


Putting It Together
Real-World Lingo Scripting
Planning Scripts Based on Objectives
Navigation Scripts


Data Management Using Lists
Creating Radio Buttons and Checkboxes
Lists, Symbols and the onStartup Handler
The Watcher, Message, and Debugger Windows
Creating Loops and Calling Custom Handlers


Preparing for Distribution
Embedding Fonts for Distribution with a Movie
Branching to Other Movies
Additional Topics
Other topics of interest will be covered when you are comfortable with the core elements of the course, where time allows.

 

 

 

Course Overview:

Add the power of Lingo - Directors scripting language to your existing knowledge of generating movies. Using Lingo the possibilities for creating a truly interactive experience for your movie's end user.

 

Course Duration:

1 Day

 

Course Pre-requisites:

Completion of Macromedia Director 8.5 Introduction

 

At the end of this course
you will be able to:
  • Plan a Director movie and import PowerPoint presentations for use in Director.
  • Add navigation controls to a Director movie
  • Utilise Lingo - Directors scripting language to manipulate elements of a movie.
  • Write Lingo scripts to control the motion of sprites.
  • Manage data collected by viewers who interact with a Director movie. Price Band: Specialised.

Price Band:

 Specialised