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 on the Internet in Shockwave format, and an interactive presentation for distribution on a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM.
Prerequisites
We designed Director 8.5 Introduction for the student who has little or no experience using Director, and who needs to learn the basics skills that are necessary in order to begin to use this program effectively. Before taking this course, you should have a basic understanding of your computer?s operating system. For example, you should know how 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 and independent lab activities.
Hardware/Software Requirements
You will need
- At least 64 megabytes (MB) of Random Access Memory (RAM).
- At least 50 MB of free hard disk space.
- An Intel Pentium 200MHz or faster processor.
- Windows 95, 98, NT (version 4.0), or 2000.
- A 256-color (or higher) monitor capable of at least 800 x 600 resolution.
- A CD-ROM drive.
- Macromedia Director 8.5.
- Apple QuickTime version 3.0 or later.
- Shockwave plug-in for Web browsers.
- A Web browser (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator).
Performance-Based Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. 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
- Topic 1C: Setting Up the Authoring Environment
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: Media Types
- Topic 3D: Creating Casts
- Topic 3E: 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: Types of Animation
- Topic 5B: Flash Animations
- Topic 5C: Video Cast Members
- Topic 5D: Tweening
- Topic 5E: Multiple Cast Members In One Sprite
Lesson 6: Outputting Movies
- Topic 6A: Create Shockwave Movies
- Task 6A-1:
- Topic 6B: Creating Projectors
