Macromedia Director Level 1

The courses are usually run on a customised basis but are occasionally run as part of our schedule. Please call for details.

Duration: 2 days

Overview

Director Level 1 will teach you the basics of using Director to create well-designed, media-rich presentations. You'll examine how to control the playback, use behaviours, synchronise sounds, create animations, and generate Shockwave files playable over the Internet.

Outline

LESSON 1: The Director Environment
Director Environment Elements

LESSON 2: Creating Linear Movies
Setting Up the Authoring Environment
Creating a Cast
Creating the Movie

LESSON 3: Creating Interactive Movies
Storyboarding and Choosing Movie Properties
Media Types
Creating Casts
Working with Sprites

LESSON 4: Controlling Playback
Tempo, Transitions, and Markers
Scripts, Behaviours, and the Behaviour Library
Looping and Synchronizing Music

LESSON 5: Animating Sprites
Developing Animation and Video Cast Members
Tweening in the Score and On Stage
Multiple Cast Members in One Sprite

LESSON 6: Outputting Movies
Creating Shockwave Movies and Projectors

Macromedia Director Level 2

Duration: 2 days

Overview

Students will learn advanced techniques for creating interactive movies using Director.

Outline

LESSON 1: Planning and Importing Media
Planning and Setting Up a Movie
Importing from PowerPoint
Optimising Images

LESSON 2: Adding Navigation
Removing Tempo Channel Playback Control
Importing Button Graphics
Transparency in 32-bit Images
Aligning Navigation Buttons
Simple and Interdependent Behaviours

LESSON 3: Lingo Scripting Concepts
Mechanics of Lingo
Keyword Types and Vocabulary of Lingo

LESSON 4: Real-World Lingo Scripting
Planning Lingo Scripting
Navigation Scripts
Data Management Scripts Using Lists

LESSON 5: Preparing For Distribution
Embedding Fonts
Branching to Other Movies