Introduction to Director and Lingo for Multimedia Internet Applications

Introduction to Director and Lingo for Multimedia Internet Applications, 1/e

Nilson Neuschotz, Macromedia

Coming December, 1999 by Prentice Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics

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Summary

Appropriate for freshman through graduate-level courses teaching Multimedia Design Using Director 7. This unique guide for Macromedia Director combines a traditional print guide with an interactive training CD that provides coverage of Director 7. Lingo and Shockwave, and shows how to use them to develop a multimedia project that can be used on the Internet. The project developed in the lessons also delves deep into the new Hybrid scripting features of Director which allows Director to send and receive information from the Internet in much the same way as a browser.

Incorporates the latest version of Macromedia's Director (Version 7).

Uses state of the art environment.

Presents the steps for planning a multimedia project with Director—including storyboarding and Logic flowcharting.

Students learn step by step procedures.

Includes the important aspects of Director's interface for Lingo programming.

Programs will be Internet ready.

Presents new features of Director's interface, including the new Score.
Discusses several important programming topics—Creating animations, setting a “menu,” “help,” and “quit” screen for an interactive application, displaying information in text fields, controlling the positioning of the playback head so screens can be activated, using Lingo to send and receive graphics and text from the Internet, and controlling the position and appearance of graphics with Lingo.
Shows how to use Director 7's new Property scripts—To add detail to the interface.

Can design more usable GUIs.

Presents the use of Director 7's new Hybrid Internet Lingo capability—To connect the project to a web site created by the authors.

Students learn how to use the Internet for applications.

Shows how to convert a Director presentation into a shockwave file—That users will be able to view through their web browser.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION.

Definition of Director and How it Has Changed the Multimedia Industry.
3. The Advantage of Having Local Multimedia Files Communicate with Internet Files.
4. How the Reader can Benefit from Acquiring these Skills.
5. Definition of the Skill Set the Reader will Need to be Effective in Interactive Multimedia and Internet Development.

II. PLANNING A MULTIMEDIA PROJECT.

Detailed Information About How to Plan and Construct a Logic Flowchart Using the Project Developed in the Following Sessions.
9. Determining the Tools Needed for Completion.

III. INTRODUCTION TO THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF DIRECTOR 7'S INTERFACE FOR LINGO PROGRAMMING.

IV. CREATING AN INTERACTIVE PROJECT WITH INTERNET CONNECTIVITY IN DIRECTOR.

Developing an Introduction Animation.
16. Developing the Menu Screen (First Interactive Screen).
17. Arranging the Quit and Help Screens.
18. Displaying Information in Text Fields.
19. Controlling the Positioning of the Playback Head.
20. Using Cast Member Names to Support Scripting.
21. Introduction to Controlling Graphics with Lingo and AutoPuppeting.
22. Using Behavior Scripts and Introduction to Variables.
23. Using Linked Cast Libraries to Make Updating the “Billionaire's Shop” Easy.
24. Using Behavior Scripts and Sprite Properties to Channel Through the Different Products.
25. Using Director 7's New Hybrid Internet Lingo to Connect to a Web Site Retrieve Pricing Information for the “Billionaire's Shop.”

V. SHOCKWAVE WORKSHOP: CREATING A SHOCKWAVE MOVIE THAT CAN BE VIEWED THROUGH THE USER'S BROWSER. VI. OVERVIEW AND EXAMPLES OF OTHER USES FOR DIRECTOR AND INTERNET CONNECTIVITY.
VII. INDEX.