||boek: Macromedia Director 5 For Windows and Mac|Chuck Henderson|Sybex

||taal: en
||jaar: 1997
||druk: ?
||pag.: 729p
||opm.: paperback|like new|possibly with cd

||isbn: 0-7821-1834-8
||code: 1:002283

--- Over het boek (foto 1): Macromedia Director 5 For Windows and Mac ---

Aimed at users interested in developing multimedia content, this text includes complete coverage and expert advice on using Macromedia Director, the multimedia authoring tool, and on using Shockwave to creater multimedia content for the World Wide Web. An extensive Lingo glossary, organized by category, provides an annotated reference to Director's built-in programming language. The accompanying CD contains a collection of shareware Xtras that dramatically expand Macromedia Director's functionality and a library of example Director movies.

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Masters the latest Xtras and XObjects, featuring Xtras/XObjects, video tutorials, and evaluation copies of 10 Macromedia products, including Director.

Amazon.com Review

This guide to Macromedia Director 5 for Windows and Macintosh covers the essentials about learning Director's interface and creating simple movies; using Lingo to create lists, Parent and Ancestor Scripts, and Child Objects; combining sound and video; using Shockwave, the add-in that lets you prepare Director movies for the Web; and using other Director add-ins, known as Xtras and XObjects. There is also a Lingo command reference. Throughout the book, you will find step-by-step guidance, tips and warnings about what Director and Lingo can and can't do, and technical discussions of, for example, managing the Director stage and cast, manipulating resources and color, and handling navigation. A CD-ROM includes practice files with Lingo source code and casts, tutorials, sample Xtras and XObjects, and demo versions of Macromedia products such as Director, xRes, and FreeHand.

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The author should be ashamed [1999-06-01]

I found the examples given on the CD to be irrelevant, flakey, very badly designed and confusing. Henderson may be a wizard, but a communicator he is not. He comes across as an arrogant geek who can't remember what it is like not to understand, and as a consequence his manner and method do nothing to enthuse the reader. This book needs to be completely overhauled and re-written, as it is unbelievably difficult to follow. My first project was to produce a CD rom with some interactive buttons which had no more than the usual light-up-if-the-mouse-passes-over-it kind of action. If this was detailed in the book, I couldn't find it, or anything like it, so I had to go to a bookshop and read other books, as I paid £40 for this one and couldn't afford another. I can honestly say that I learnt nothing from this book of any value to me, and I feel thoroughly ripped off. The author is obsessed with listing Xtras and apparently not particularly interested in orgainising basic information in an attractive and coherent manner. An awful book, and an awful shame.

D. Harrison [source: https--www.amazon.com]