Director 5 Wizardry: Master the Art of Creating Powerful Interactive Multimedia Applications Book

Harnesses the power of Shockwave and Afterburner, enabling users to author once and play back in the most popular delivery formats in the optimal time. Explains the advantages and disadvantages of different graphic and sound file formats and how to use them in Director development. Enables developers to extend Director's built-in capabilities by showing how to take advantage of the Xtra and XObject plug-in architecture. Explains Lingo from concepts to hot techniques. Features advice from professionals currently designing successful multimedia titles. Teaches proven production and asset management techniques beyond Director.

Written for the developer or power user who wants to break multimedia barriers, Director 5 Wizardry takes readers beyond the typical application and focuses on new and creative ways to use Director 5 to the limits. Includes a CD-ROM with a trial version of Director and loads of shareware, freeware, and commercial demo Xtras and Xobjects. All sample code is included so it can be easily pasted into readers' own applications.