The basic elements in Director movie are Cast, Cast member, Sprite, Stage and Score. In addition to its powerful media editing, animation, and integration functions, Director offers a flexible authoring metaphor which can be extended via Lingo (Director's built-in programming language), Xtras (plug-in modules which enhance Director's functionality), and even C, C++, and Java.ĭirector projects are known as a movies and all objects which can appear in the movie such as text, images, graphics, video and audio, are known as cast members. You can easily add interactivity using simple pull-down menus and options, while the completed production can be distributed to users via self-running executables - called Projectors - or over the Web using Shockwave. These media elements - or objects - can then be integrated, synchronised, and animated over time using Director's powerful animation and integration tools. It is based on a cinematic metaphor and many of the terms used within Director relate to this.ĭirector allows you to import 2D and 3D graphics, text, animation's, sounds, and digital video (or to create 2D graphics and text using Director's built-in graphics and text editors). Director produced by Macromedia, is among the most powerful multimedia development tools for creating interactive cross-platform multimedia presentations, animations, CD-ROM's and Internet applications.
