This is the Windows Director book that will become the definitive resource manual to using Director at a professional level. The tutorial nature of the instruction will elevate the user's proficiency to a higher level. The CD-ROM contains project templates, Lingo scripts, sound, movie and still images and the latest demo version of Director.

The companion book to "Director in a Nutshell", this title provides a complete definition of the Lingo language, including syntax, structure, and comparisons with other programming languages. Detailed chapters describe messages, events, scripts, handlers, variables, lists, file I/O, behaviors, and child objects.

Macromedia Director's complexity can be daunting for beginners. However, Director 5 for Macintosh gives users an easy-access how-to guide for creating multimedia presentations using the latest version of Director. With the help of this text, beginners don't need to wander through menus or read a great deal of text. Extensive pictures and captions reassure readers that they are in the correct dialog box, pop-up menu or entry field to do what they need.

Taking the reader beyond the basics of the documentation set to the intermediate and advanced levels of Director 6, this text includes techniques, tips, and 100 complete Lingo scripts ready for immediate use. The CD-ROM incudes project files, sound files, and Director and Macromedia applications.

The lessons in this book take you step-by-step through real-world interactive projects--over 30 hours of training!

Using step-by-step techniques, readers learn from professional multimedia developers how to create interactive projects that combine text, sound, graphics, animations and digital video; add special effects to animations; convert and move Director 5 productions between Macintosh and Windows; and use Shockwave to place a finished animation movie on a Web page. CD contains a trial version of Director 5.