Taking a Multimedia Approach to Multimedia

Berkeley, CA--Why not use new media to teach new media? That' s the
innovative approach taken by one of Peachpit Press' newest
releases--Director Demystified: Creating Interactive Multimedia with
Macromedia Director. It's a book (with graduated tutorials and real-world
project profiles) and a CD-ROM disc (loaded with interactive examples and
hundreds of megabytes of royalty-free multimedia material). Together they
explain and explore the latest version of Macromedia Director, the world'
s most popular authoring platform for professional multimedia.

The text of Director Demystified offers examples and hands-on exercises
progressing from beginning topics (basic animation, simple interactivity)
to the advanced (authoring for CD-ROMs and cross-platform compatibility).
The principles and concepts are also brought into a real-world context
with a series of Project Profiles, which dissect and discuss
professional-level multimedia productions. Even experienced Director users
will welcome the book' s instruction on Lingo, Director' s unique and
complex scripting language.

Each of the projects--as well as the multimedia "building blocks" for each
tutorial--is presented on the CD-ROM for the student to peruse and use.
The text and disk are truly intertwined: an on-line version of the book is
included on the disk, and the making of the CD-ROM is discussed in the
book.

The CD-ROM also includes fonts, sound files, photos and other artwork--and
a save-disabled version of Macromedia Director itself--plus dozens of
other demos and shareware utilities that budding multimedia producers will
find indispensable. And if that's not enough, the appendices include a
troubleshooting guide, a complete glossary, and an in-depth lexicon of
Lingo commands and terminology.

Author Jason Roberts is the founder of Panmedia, a New York City-based
multimedia production studio and consultancy. He has written several
computer books and contributed to the Village Voice and The San Francisco
Chronicle.

Title: Director Demystified
Author: Jason Roberts
Price: $39.95
Size: 500 pages; 7" x 9" with CD-ROM
ISBN: 1-56609-170-5
Publication date: 8/95

Peachpit Press
2414 Sixth St, Berkeley, CA 94710
800-283-9444,  510-548-4393,  fax 510-548-5991
URL: http://www.peachpit.com
 
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