Kirk Keller, University of Missouri, Columbia

Published October, 1998 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 1999, 330 pp.
Paper
ISBN 1-58076-002-3

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Introduction to Multimedia, Multimedia Authoring, Beginning Multimedia/ Computer Science, Computer Technology, Multimedia, Graphics, Information Systems/ 4 year and 2 year colleges, continuing education. The Interactive Guide to Director 6 guides students through a series of projects that teach them the fundamentals of using Director 6 and 6.5 across platforms. Keller uses step-by-step tutorials to guide students through the basic functions of Director - from storyboarding and authoring to final distribution on CD-ROM or the web At the same time, introduces essential background information on the development of multimedia. The accompanying CD-ROM contains chapter-by-chapter exercise examples and software to help students complete the exercises.




Coverage includes a discussion of bitmap and vector images, video files compression, multimedia development process, and interactivity without LINGO.
Chapter Ojectives and Summaries.
Review It!exercises at the end of each chpter.

• Helps students review chapter material, check their understanding and retention, and put their knowledge to work.

Check It! sections at the end of each chapter.

• Enable students to check skills learned within the chapter via multiple choice and true/false questions.

Produce It! sections include a “Short Project”, that allows students to practice what they learned in the chapter, and a “Continuing Project”, that provides students with an opportunity to test their comprehensive knowledge.
The CD-ROM contains exercise examples, Glossary, story board style sheets, Director 6 Working Model, Flash for Director, Designer's Edge, Shockwave, and Extras.



Part 1

Director: The Basics
Chapter 1

Getting to Know Director

Chapter 2

Using the Score and Stage

Chapter 3

Working with Bitmap Images

Chapter 4

Creating Simple Shapes and Patterns

Chapter 5

Using Text

Part II

Making Your Director Movie Work
Chapter 6

Managing Your Multimedia Items

Chapter 7

Adding Navigation to Your Movie

Part III

Adding Direction to Your Director Movie
Chapter 8

Adding Animation to Your Movie

Chapter 9

Adding Audio to Your Movie

Chapter 10

Adding Video to Your Movie

Chapter 11

Creating Behaviors in Director

Part IV

Making the Finished Product
Chapter 12

Distributing Your Product

Chapter 13

Distributing Your Product

Appendix A:

Keyboard Shortcuts in Director

Appendix B:

Data Transfer Rates in Various Media and Network Connections

Appendix C:

Using Font Maps

Appendix D:

Director Resources Online

Appendix E:

New Featurs in Director 6.5

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