MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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CHAPTER 1
Director Basics
Macromedia Director MX is the tool of choice for legions of web and multimedia developers.
With Director, you can create movies for websites, kiosks, and presentations as well as movies for
education and entertainment. Movies can be as small and simple as an animated logo or as
complex as an online chat room or game. Director movies can include a variety of media, such as
sound, text, graphics, animation, and digital video. A Director movie can link to external media
or be one of a series of movies that refer to one another.
Your users view completed Director movies in one of the following ways:
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In the Macromedia Shockwave movie format, which plays in Shockwave-enabled web
browsers. Millions of web users already have the Shockwave Player on their computers,
browsers, or system software. Others have downloaded Shockwave Player, which is free, from
Macromedia’s website at www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/.
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In a projector, which plays on your user’s computer as a stand-alone application.
Creating a new movie
Director is organized around a movie metaphor.
To create a new movie:
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Select File > New > Movie.