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Macromedia Training Overview
In this course, you will use Macromedia Director as a tool for creating multimedia presentations. You will create a banner ad for a Web page and an interactive presentation for distribution on a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM.
Target Student:
Anyone who wants to learn to create multimedia presentations for the Web or for distribution on a CD-ROM, but who has little to know experience doing so, is an ideal candidate to take this course.
Prerequisites
Director MX: Level 1 was designed for the student who has little or no experience using Director. The student will learn the basic skills that are necessary to begin using Director effectively.
Before taking this course, students should have a basic understanding of a computer’s operating system. For example, they should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.
Delivery Method:
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities
Benefits:
Students will use Director to create interactive movies and animations, be introduced to the basics of Lingo (Director's scripting language), and prepare their movies for distribution on CD-ROM or over the Web.
What's Next:
Students wishing to further enhance their Director MX skill set can continue on to the next course in this series, Director MX: Level 2.
Hardware/Software Requirements
You will need
- At least 128 MB of RAM.
- At least 100 MB of free hard disk space.
- An Intel Pentium II or faster processor.
- Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, or Windows XP.
- A 1024 x 768, 16-bit (thousands of colors) color display or better.
- A CD-ROM drive.
- Macromedia Director MX.
- The latest version of Apple QuickTime.
- The latest version of the Shockwave plug-in for Web browsers.
- (Recommended) The latest version of Microsoft DirectX or OpenGL and a 3D accelerator.
- The latest version of a Web browser of your choice (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator).
- A functioning Internet connection.
- Speakers or headphones to listen to sounds.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Navigate in the Director environment and identify the elements of the interface.
- Create a Director movie by importing text and graphics, arranging sprites, and setting the playback duration and sequence.
- Create interactive movies by storyboarding, setting movie properties, creating custom Casts, and working with raster and vector images.
- Control the playback of movies by applying behaviors and Lingo scripts, and synchronize a movie with a soundtrack.
- Create animation with tweening, multiple images, and film loops.
- Create media-rich presentations as standalone applications for distribution on interactive CD-ROMs, and create animated Shockwave files for viewing on the Internet.
Course duration
1 Day
Macromedia Training Course outline
Lesson 1: The Director Environment
- Topic 1A: Director Environment Elements
- Topic 1B: Playing a Movie
Lesson 2: Creating Linear Movies
- Topic 2A: Creating a New Movie
- Topic 2B: Creating a Cast
- Topic 2C: Creating the Movie
Lesson 3: Creating Interactive Movies
- Topic 3A: Storyboarding
- Topic 3B: Choosing Movie Properties
- Topic 3C: Creating Casts
- Topic 3D: Working with Sprites
Lesson 4: Controlling Playback
- Topic 4A: Tempo
- Topic 4B: Transitions
- Topic 4C: Markers
- Topic 4D: Scripts, Behaviors, and the Behavior Library
- Topic 4E: Looping and Synchronizing Music
Lesson 5: Animating Sprites
- Topic 5A: Flash Animations
- Topic 5B: Video Cast Members
- Topic 5C: Tweening
- Topic 5D: Multiple Cast Members in One Sprite
Lesson 6: Distributing Movies
- Topic 6A: Create Shockwave Movies
- Topic 6B: Creating Projectors
- Topic 6C: Embedding Fonts for Distribution with a Movie
Appendix A: Numeric Keypad Shortcuts for Navigating Movies
- Navigating Movies with the Numeric Keypad
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