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Macromedia Director MX

Macromedia Director MX

 
System Requirements

Windows
  • Intel Pentium II Processor or higher
  • Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000 or Windows XP
  • 128 MB or more of free available system RAM
  • 1024 x 768, 16-bit (thousands colours) colour display or better
  • Microsoft DirectX 5.2 or OpenGL (recommended)
  • 3D accelerator (recommended)
  • 100 MB of available disk space
  • CD-ROM drive
Macintosh
  • Power Macintosh with Power PC Processor, G3 Processor or higher recommended
  • Mac OS X 10.1.2 and up (10.2 recommended)
  • 128 MB or more of free available system RAM
  • 1024 x 768, 16-bit (thousands colours) colour display or better
  • OpenGL 1.1.2 (recommended)
  • 3D accelerator (recommended)
  • 100 MB of available disk space
  • CD-ROM drive
Product Code - DRW0901400
Macromedia Director MX
£449.00
Key Features
Easily incorporate a comprehensive array of media types
Including major video (RealVideo, QuickTime, and AVI), audio (MP3, WAV, AIF, and RealAudio), bitmap (jpg", GIF, PNG, BMP, PSD, TIFF, and PICT), and vector (SWF) formats. Control these media types with the powerful Lingo programming language and behaviours in Director MX.

Deliver confidently to any medium
Designed to handle data deployed to fixed media, Director MX quickly loads and unloads data into system memory for optimal playback on CD, DVD, or kiosks. Then deliver your content to Shockwave Player, and reach an audience of over 300 million web users.

Add custom features and functionality
With Xtra extensions, part of the Director MX extensible plug-in architecture. Create full-featured applications that can access, launch, and control other applications from within the Director MX executable. Build your own or choose from hundreds of existing Xtras to extend your work.

Take advantage of lightweight vector graphics
Within Director MX applications. Import Macromedia Flash MX files and quickly modify them with the new Macromedia Flash MX Launch and Edit feature.

Streamline your workflow and reduce development time
With new Lingo control over Macromedia Flash MX objects. You can get complete access to all properties and methods of pre-authored Macromedia Flash MX objects, or create them from scratch through Lingo.

Use Macromedia server technologies with Director MX.
Create multiuser games, distance learning applications, and real-time collaboration with the Macromedia Flash MX Communication Server. And easily pass data to Macromedia ColdFusion MX and back with Macromedia Flash MX Remoting Service, a secure, high-performance connection between ColdFusion MX and Shockwave Player.

Create accessible content for the web, desktop applications, and CD/DVD.
Develop self-voicing applications with captioning and Customisable tab navigation. You can view accessible content created with Director MX on both Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platforms without dedicated screen readers.

Re-purpose existing applications to adhere to accessibility guidelines
Using drag-and-drop behaviours. Director MX behaviours. let you easily control speech and tabbing order, and synchronize text with spoken words.

Enhance productivity with a highly Customisable user interface
Native to all Macromedia MX products. Author using modern authoring platforms, including Macintosh OS X. Director MX also supports playback on Mac OS X systems.

Additional Features
  • Macromedia MX interface: Design in a familiar, integrated workspace consistent with Macromedia MX products.
  • Collapsible, dockable panels: Group, collapse, or expand panels as needed for a smooth, highly configurable workflow.
  • Answers panel: Get immediate access to support, tips, and other resources available on our website.
  • Over 40 media types: Author with native support for multiple graphics formats (including alpha channels), QuickTime, AVI, MP3, WAV, AIFF, advanced image compositing, animation, synchronization, and sound playback effects.
  • Precise sound control: Take advantage of dynamic looping, cueing to start playback anywhere within a sound, queuing of multiple sounds for seamless sequential playback, and panning.
  • Broadcast-quality animation: Render onion-skinning, tweening, rotation, skewing, and more with the high-performance Director MX animation engine.
  • New QuickTime 6 Xtra: Take advantage of Apple QuickTime 6 features, including support for MPEG4 and QuickTime streaming properties through Lingo.
  • Standalone applications: Output to CD, DVD-ROM, kiosks, and more, using freely distributable standalone executables.
  • Shockwave Player: Deploy to one of the most widely distributed playback technologies on the web.
  • Runtime imaging: Save bandwidth by creating sprite-level transitions, implementing tile-based scrolling games, or using procedural drawing at the client end.
  • Author accessible content: Create accessible content that meets governmental accessibility guidelines for people with disabilities, including Section 508.
  • Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh support: Create cross-platform accessible content.
  • Speech Xtra: Convert text-to-speech automatically, without the need for a screen reader.
  • Accessibility behaviours: Drag and drop to control speech, tabbing, item highlighting, and synchronization of text with words spoken by the Speech Xtra.
  • New Global Lingo methods: Convert text to speech, and control the volume and format of speech audio.
  • Integrate HTML content: Import HTML text into Director MX while maintaining full control of all link references.
  • XML parsing: Deliver complex constructs that can be controlled and manipulated without downloading large files.
  • Mac OS X support: Author and play back content on Mac OS X.
  • Pre-Mac OS X playback: Author in Macintosh OS X and create Shockwave applications and executables that can be viewed on pre-Mac OS X systems.
  • Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX support: Access installed USB or FireWire cameras, installed microphones, and more.
  • Macromedia Flash Remoting MX support: Connect your Director applications to databases and web services, including Macromedia ColdFusion MX, Microsoft .NET, Java, and SOAP-based web services.
  • Lingo control over Macromedia Flash objects: Reduce development time by getting and setting any property of pre-authored Macromedia Flash objects.
  • Macromedia Flash objects from scripting: Create new Macromedia Flash objects from within native Lingo code to modify Macromedia Flash files—and call up Macromedia Flash functionality—in Director MX.
 
 
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