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Product Description
Author once and deploy anywhere with Director MX 2004, the proven multimedia tool for building
rich, interactive content and applications for CDs, DVDs, kiosks, and the Internet. Director MX handles the widest variety
of media, letting you build compelling, high-performance content--such as learning applications, corporate demonstrations,
and games--that delivers measurable results. Customize your applications with Director’s extensible plug-in architecture
and ensure smooth playback, even when using long files or videos, with Director’s advanced memory management. Director
MX offers powerful new features including a choice of scripting languages, DVD-video support, cross-platform publishing, and
Flash MX 2004 integration. Powerful and Flexible
Take advantage of the power of Director MX 2004 by using an unparalleled list of media types,
as well as authoring and playback extensibility features.
- Expand your creative possibilities by incorporating new, powerful DVD functionality, which lets
you embed, control, and play back DVD-video within multimedia projects.
- Extend in any direction with Director's powerful Xtras plug-in architecture. Xtras let you extend
the authoring environment and playback engine in nearly limitless ways.
- Use third-party Xtras or write your own to control external devices, such as joysticks and cameras,
and perform sophisticated operating system-level tasks.
- Make content more engaging by incorporating most major media formats including DVD-Video, Windows
Media, RealMedia, QuickTime, and Macromedia Flash, as well as audio, bitmap, and 3D formats.
Integrated and Streamlined
- Work seamlessly with the Macromedia MX 2004 family of products to create dynamic and interactive
content.
- Seamlessly import Macromedia Flash MX 2004 files and easily edit their content within Director
MX 2004 by using Flash Launch and Edit.
- Enhance overall performance with significantly improved Macromedia Flash playback performance
within Director. Integrate function-rich, pre-packaged Macromedia Flash MX 2004 components, including user interface and media
components.
Work intuitively with the familiar Macromedia user interface and highly customizable workspace.
Create the most effective environment through Stage and Movie-In-A-Window docking and modifying your tool palette.
Productive and Efficient
Implement your creative ideas more easily and efficiently by using a choice of scripting languages
and other productivity enhancements.
- Create sophisticated interactivity efficiently with popular JavaScript syntax, familiar Lingo
scripting, or a combination of the two, to develop experiences that deliver results.
- Easily publish content across platforms and to different formats, including Macintosh and Windows
projectors, in one simple step.
- Save production time by assigning names to sprites and channels to easily track, sort, and change
their location. Move sprites and channels within the score without rewriting code, reducing scripting and editing time.
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