Macromedia Director

ABC Dee IT Training UK
London, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' The Multimedia Course is a three-day course that covers all aspects of producing a CD­ROM. From all about the format of CD itself, to how to put a CD-ROM together from start to finish are covered in an easy to understand yet in-depth technical perspective. If you need to produce CD-ROMs for yourself, your business, or the company you work for, this course will teach you everything you need to know to become a CD-ROM / Multimedia expert! You will learn how to plan, prepare and produce your CD-ROM from start to finish industry tips and techniques to get the best results how to edit video, sound and animation how to get the elements you need, and the best way to use them how a multimedia company is run, and the roles that are required how to project manage a complete Multimedia production. Whether you desire to be a Multimedia designer, project manager or Multimedia editor, this course covers everything you need.

Introduction Level

Introduction to the course and the topics covered

CD Formats
CD’s - the formats (CD-ROM, DVD, CD-R, CD-RW etc)
Uses for the format - what you can do with it - getting the most from 650MB
CD players and speeds - user issues
Contacts and links to info.

The Multimedia CD-ROM - what is it?
Ways to communicate, entertain and inform using Multimedia CD-ROMs
A look at some CD-ROMs, a review of what’s good and bad about them
Where is it going, what can you do with the format

Designing a CD-ROM
Section comprising of:
What’s it for? (inc: Client driven projects, Cross Platform issues etc.)
What do I need? (inc: Media Assets/Resources, Software & Hardware, People & Skills)
How do I get them? (inc: Making contacts, tricks of the trade etc.)
How do I put it all together? (inc: Authoring the CD-ROM)
What’s it for?
Client Driven projects
Entertainment, Education, Edutainment
Rolling your own / CDCV’s
Project management / perfect planning / the schedule
Cross Platform issues

Pre-production: What do I need?
Basic Resources: Media Assets
General Media Assets
Graphics (File formats, Palettes etc.)
Animation (Types and application)
Video (File formats, Cross Platform issues)
Music, sound effects and speech
Text

Extended Media Assets
The Internet/Web
Databases (on and offline)
Games
Training Modules

Editing Resources: Software/Hardware
Graphics (Adobe PhotoShop, Macromedia Fireworks etc)
Animation (Adobe After Effects, Shockwave Flash, 3D Max etc)
Video (Adobe Premiere, Radius Moto DV etc.)
Music, sound effects and speech (Sound Forge etc.)
Text (Word etc.)
The Internet/Web (Microsoft Frontpage, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash etc.)
Databases (Director Xtras, Access, Net Objects Fusion etc.)
Games (C++, Visual Basic, Lingo etc.)

People & Skills
Editorial
The Editor (Master of content, manager of CD-ROM, admin and co-ordinator)
Editorial Assistant (Typing, Reception, Schedules etc.)
Media Research (Finder of Media Assets - see below)
Legal Services (Copyright clearance / rights issues - VERY important)

Production
Authoring (Puts it all together, Lingo genius)
Graphics (Creates buttons, images and ’screens’ for CD-ROM)
Animation (Creates animations for CD-ROM)
Video (Converts, Edits, Compresses video clips for CD-ROM)
Music and sound effects (Creates, composes and edits CD-ROM sound)
Text (Proof-reader and editor of text for CD-ROM)
Games (Designer and programmer of games for CD-ROM)
Web (Designer of web pages for CD if required)
Database (Designer of database for CD-ROM)

Marketing
Ad Manager (Places advertisements on the CD-ROM)
Marketing and PR (Aids Ad Manager to place adverts)

Management
Making the deal
Getting the idea / concept together - how to market it, distribution etc.
Holding the vision, maintaining the ’big picture’
Client liaison - protecting the ’crew’
Keeping to the schedule - Project Management
Preparing budgets & proposals
Training Modules

How do I get them?
Making contacts
Resourcing people
Learning skills
Buying software & hardware
A few tricks of the trade

How do I put it all together?
This part of the course is a practical exercise in creating a CD-ROM for a fictitious magazine. For this, the class will (a) produce their own Media Assets by way of the use of a video camera / music software etc for the CD-ROM, (b) use ’raw’ media assets requiring editing supplied by the fictitious magazine, and (c) they will then be taught how to bring all the elements together using Macromedia Director 6.

Finishing up/summary
Testing and debugging

Printing and pressing the CD-ROM
Designing a label
Copying your own CD’s
Manufacturing in quantity: using pressing plants

Distributing the CD-ROM
Magazine Distribution
Shops / Retail Sales

Conclusion
The future - DVD
Links and other information
Other courses/further training
...''

Phone:0870 041 2102

School Address:

PO Box 24042 London NW2 1FZ United Kingdom
Tel: 0870 041 2102 | Fax: 0870 094 0980


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