| Essentials |
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What is multimedia
Types of presentation
Director's role in multimedia
The scope of the program
Director: a frame-based program
Stage, control panel, cast and score
Importing cast members
Working with multiple cast
Score window skills
Placing cast members in the score
What is a sprite
Layers and inks
Playing a presentation
Setting the tempo
Creating cast members in Director |
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| Basic media |
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Media
overview
About ink settings
Importing bitmaps
Setting colour depth
Creating bitmaps
Creating vector shapes
Using transitions
Creating and formatting text
Embedding fonts |
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| Animation |
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Summary of animation techniques
Automatic animation features
Text effects and zoom text
Animating with copy and past
Linear sprite tweening
Customised sprite tweening
Creating and using film loops |
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| Rich media |
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Transforming
paint cast members
Colour depth
Text and field differences
Mastering ink settings
Arranging and sorting cast members
Working with multiple cast
Score window skills
How Director handles video
Importing video clips
Importing audio clip
Creating a Projector file |
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| Output |
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Saving Director files
Creating a Projector file
Projector file settings
Using external casts |
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Handling linked media
Exporting animations as movie clips
Creating a multimedia CD
Creating a Shockwave movie |
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| Interactivity |
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What is interactivity
Using behaviors
The power of the go to command
Labelling frames with markers
Getting help on Lingo
Attaching scripts to cast members
Creating score behaviors
Creating movie scripts |
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