Macromedia Director MX & Lingo

Learning IT
Stirling,Glasgow,Inverness, United Kingdom

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

Course Description:

'' Director is a multimedia application that combines graphics, sound, animation, text and video to create streaming, multi-user, interactive web content that is easy to deploy for CD-, DVD-ROM and the web. This intensive 3 day course introduces you to the major features of Director and guides you step-by-step through the development of several real-world projects.

Course Prerequisites:
Delegates should meet the following prerequisites:

Be comfortable working in a Windows environment
Have experience using the World Wide Web
Course Content:
Director Basics

The Director Environment
Using the Help system
Creating a new movie
Importing an image
Adding sprites to the stage
Creating text cast members
Changing the colour of cast members
Adding sprites to the Score
Making changes to multiple Sprites
Sequencing Sprites
Playing a movie
Animated Bullet Lists

Adding text cast members
Using the paint window
Placing sprites in the score
Positioning sprites on the stage
Aligning sprites with the align panel
Naming cast members
Animating text using keyframes
Repeating the Animation process
Aligning sprites using the sprite inspector
Reversing Animations

Setting the stage colour and movie tempo
Importing media elements into the cast
Using ink effects on the background image
Animating a graphic image
Reversing animations
Transitions, Sounds, and Video

Setting registration points
Exchanging cast members
Using a screen transition
Adding sounds to the score
Adding digital video
Adding Interactivity

Building a menu screen
Writing a Lingo script
Creating a destination screen
Adding markers for navigation
Creating navigation scripts
Creating a projector
More Animation Techniques

Setting Movie Properties
Setting Keyframes
Creating a circular path animation
Animating with Real-Time recording
Keyframe and Layers

Creating a custom stage
Importing the media
Setting the Movie Tempo
Placing the Graphics on the stage
Copying Sprites to a new location
Creating the animation with keyframes
Playing selected frames only
Finishing the basic animation
Layering the sprites
Exchanging cast members
Adding background music
Film Loops and Buttons

Exchanging cast members
Creating a film loop
Creating keyframes with a film loop
Layering the sprites
Reversing an animation
Creating buttons
Adding interactivity with the behaviour inspector
Adding a second button
Creating a behaviour to pause a movie
Built-in Behaviours

Placing the graphics
Adding behaviours
Using the behaviour inspector
Modifying behaviours
Custom Cursors and Buttons

Changing a cursor
Sprite bounding areas
Changing the sprite
Making a new and animating cursor
Applying for the cursor
Modifying the frame rate
Alpha Channels and Masks

Defining the Alpha channel
Creating the basic animation
Applying different inks
Creating an Alpha mask
Layering the mask
Sprite Properties and Palettes

Importing media elements
Setting a movie¡¯s stage size, background colour and default palette
Setting cast and sprite preferences
Organising the cast
Setting the location of a sprite
Snapping to the Grid
Creating a behaviour for navigational elements
Reducing the file size of a bitmap
Finding an index colour number
Modifying sprite properties
Adding a background sound
Markers and Navigation

Inserting markers
Building a destination screen
Exchanging cast members
Navigating to a marker
Looping on a frame
Using relative markers
Simplifying scripts using relative markers
Colour cycling and blends

Adding a marker for the closing sequence
Changing the background transparent colour
Animating with colour cycling
Tweening a blend of sprites
Setting a gradient
Cycling gradient colours
Shockwave for Director

Obtaining shockwave plug-ins and the browser software
Creating and playing a shockwave movie
Preparing a movie for streaming
shockwave randomness, direction, etc.
Learning Lingo

Choosing between a Script and a Behaviour
Creating a simple Lingo script
Testing a script
Using the message window
Examining Lingo elements
Examining types of Lingo scripts
Creating different types of scripts
Handlers and Events

What Events are
Watching Events
Logging Events
Handlers and handler hierarchy
Parameters and return values
Navigating with Lingo

Setting up for this lesson
Checking movie properties and filling in the score
Using Lingo to wait at the main Menu
Using Markers to label frames
Branching to a marker
Adding a back button
Branching to another movie
Implementing a quit button
...''

Phone:01786 478 478 Fax: 01786 478 222

School Address:

Head Office
Drummond House
Wellgreen
Stirling
FK8 2DZ

Tel: 01786 478 478
Fax: 01786 478 222


Glasgow Office
The Ca’d’Oro
45 Gordon Street
Glasgow
G1 3PE

Tel:0141 248 5000
Fax:0141 221 5003


Inverness Office
The Green House
Beechwood Business Park
Inverness
IV2 3BL

Tel: 01463 717716
Fax: 01463 667344

Jobs & Resumes: Stirling, Glasgow, Inverness
Houses & Roommates: Stirling, Glasgow, Inverness

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