Special Edition Using Director MX 
 
Your comprehensive guide to using Macromedia Director and Lingo

Special Edition Using Macromedia Director MX provides in-depth explanation of the complex features of Director and Lingo, as well as power tips and techniques to maximize the features and tools. This book has been completely refurbished from its earlier versions. It is now a comprehensive reference guide to Director. No other book has this much hard-core material for the serious Lingo programmer. This book goes further into advanced territory than any other book on the market. The book includes lots of code and sample movies, as well as bonus chapters on the CD-ROM including complete applications (even seven games!). This book comes with tons of practical examples and complete, open source movies.
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Table of Contents
I. Director Essentials
  • 1 Using the Director Interface
  • 2 Importing and Editing Media
  • 3 Writing Lingo Scripts
II Building Director Movies
  • 4 Using Sprites and the Score
  • 5 Adding User Interaction
  • 6 Controlling Sprites
  • 7 Controlling Sound
  • 8 Controlling Flash Members
  • 9 Controlling Video
  • 10 Creating MIAWs and Controlling the Director Environment
III Advanced Programming Concepts
  • 11 Understanding Variables, Operations, and Lists
  • 12 Using Object-Oriented Programming and Behaviors
  • 13 Using Lingo to Alter Text Members
  • 14 Using Lingo to Create Images
  • 15 Using Lingo to Draw Vector Shapes
IV Creating and Controlling 3D
  • 16 Creating 3D Elements
  • 17 Controlling 3D Elements
  • 18 Implementing 3D User Interaction
  • 19 Modifying Shaders, Textures, and Lights
  • 20 Controlling Camera and Rendering Effects
V Extending Director
  • 21 Reading and Writing Data Files
  • 22 Programming Network Communication
  • 23 Adding Multiuser Communication
  • 24 Building Authoring Tools
  • 25 Addressing Accessibility Issues
  • 26 Using Xtras
VI Production Process
  • 27 Error Handling and Debugging
  • 28 Creating Applications
  • 29 Publishing Shockwave Movies
  • 30 Addressing Performance and Cross-Platform Issues
VII Appendixes
  • A What's on the CD-ROM
  • B Glossary
  • C Online Resources
  • D Lingo Index
Chapters on Bonus CD
  • 31 Educational Applications
  • 32 Business Applications
  • 33 Graphics Applications
  • 34 Sound Applications
  • 35 Shockwave Applets
  • 36 Games
  • 37 Miscellaneous Topics
  • 38 Lingo Reference
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