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   Title Description
Macromedia Director 8 enables you to develop magnetic destination content and interactive media on the Web, CDs and DVDs and corporate Intranets. Build dazzling 3D entertainment, interactive product demonstrations and online learning applications. Director 8 unleashes your creativity by providing you with the tools that allow you to combine graphics, sound, animation, text, and video into compelling content that will grab your audience. Let author Scott Doucet give you the knowledge necessary to use these tools. He will make it so much easier for you to create, import, animate, and control media. You can begin learning with Virtual Training Company's tutorial now by clicking one of the subjects below.

Introduction to Director 8
  Whats New in Director 8 (02:06)
  Differences Between the PC and the Mac (01:07)
  Director Help (03:02)
Director Workspace
  Director Workspace (03:08)
  Director Windows (02:19)
  Preferences (02:50)
  The Cast (01:38)
  The Score (05:35)
  The Stage (02:50)
  Property Inspector (02:00)
  Sprites and the Score (03:55)
  Selecting Frames (02:39)
  Markers (08:40)
  Find and Replace (04:37)
  Using save and Save and Compact (01:20)
  Tool Palette (07:03)
Cast and Cast Members
  Cast Members (02:22)
  Creating Cast Members (09:27)
  Cast Member Types (01:08)
  Organizing Cast Members (03:08)
  Cast Member preferences (03:18)
  Finding Cast Members (02:41)
  Libraries (01:02)
Sprites
  Sprites (01:27)
  Creating Sprites (02:20)
  Sprite Properties (05:29)
  Sprites and Frames (03:30)
  Positioning Sprites (05:45)
  Selecting Sprites (04:36)
  Blends and Inks (05:01)
Behaviors
  Behavior Liary (06:29)
  Behavior Inspector (02:27)
  Rollover Behavior (02:27)
  Radio Button Behaviors (03:12)
  Animated Behaviors (01:57)
  Script Window (03:06)
  Events and Actions (06:17)
Lingo & Scripts
  Lingo Fundamentals 1 (12:41)
  Lingo Fundamentals 2 (08:13)
  Handlers and Functions (09:41)
  If-Then Statements (07:59)
  Global Variables (01:56)
  Lists (07:13)
  Script Types (07:42)
  Script Execution Priority (03:13)
  Watcher and Debugger (05:29)
Text and Fields
  Text (02:45)
  Creating Text Cast Members (05:18)
  Field Text and Menus (06:32)
  Text Window (04:09)
  Embedding Fonts (02:42)
Audio and Digital Movies
  Audio (08:26)
  QuickTime (04:08)
  AVI Movies (03:02)
Flash
  Flash Movies (08:18)
  Flash and Director (03:56)
Navigation
  Basic Navigation (09:35)
  Mouse Events (03:39)
Memory Management
  Memory Management (04:39)
  Memory Management-Sprites (03:04)
Movies in a Window
  MIAW (03:24)
Tweening & Animation
  Tweening (04:27)
  Tweening Options (03:24)
  Frame by Frame Animation (05:09)
  Step Recording (02:31)
  Realtime Recording (01:37)
  Film Loops (06:26)
Paint and Vector Graphics
  Paint Window (04:38)
  Paint Tools (06:28)
  Registration Points (03:19)
  Colors (01:35)
  Gradients (02:11)
  Patterns and Fills (02:25)
  Paint Effects (02:36)
  Paint Ink Effects (01:59)
  Onion Skinning (03:02)
  Vector Shape Window (03:46)
  Vector Shape Tools (06:01)
  Animated Gif (03:03)
  Vector vs. Bitmap Images (04:06)
Tempo, Transition and Palette Channels
  Color Palettes Part 1 (04:44)
  Color Palettes Part 2 (04:55)
  Tempo Channel (05:02)
  Transitions (04:37)
Shockwave Movies
  Shockwave Movies Overview (05:36)
  Shockwave Publish Settings (11:40)
  Movie Playback Options (01:32)
Export
  Distribution Formats (05:42)
  Creating Projectors (05:14)
  Exporting Movies (02:33)
  Updating Movies (02:08)
  Xtras (04:08)

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Tutorial Information

Title: Macromedia Director 8
Author: Scott Doucet
SKU: 33193
ISBN: 1930519222
Release Date: 2000-12-04
Duration: 8 hrs / 92 lessons
Captions: No
Compatibility: Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux
QuickTime 7, Flash 8

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