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Macromedia Training Overview
In the Director 8.5: Introduction course, you learned techniques for creating basic Director movies. In this course, you will add the power of Lingo—Director's scripting language. Using Lingo, you will explore the possibilities for creating a truly interactive experience for your movie's end user. You will create Lingo-based animation, use variables and lists to store data, and control how the movie responds to user interaction. To achieve these goals, you will learn programming skills so you can structure, test, and debug Lingo code effectively. Along the way, you will learn efficiency-building techniques such as importing PowerPoint files, branching to multiple movies, and creating a useful “stub” projector.
Target Student:
This course is designed for students who understand the Director techniques and concepts that were covered in the Director 8.5: Introduction course and who want to learn advanced options including the basics of Lingo programming.
Prerequisites
Students should have completed the course
- Director 8.5: Introduction (Windows):
Delivery method
Director 8.5: Advanced (Windows) is a hands-on instruction book that teaches you to use Macromedia Director to develop Director movies.
Benefits:
Students will be introduced to the basics of Lingo programming. Students will create Lingo-based animation, use variables and lists to store data, and control how a movie responds to user interaction. To achieve these goals, students will learn programming skills so the student can structure, test, and debug Lingo code effectively. And along the way, students will learn efficiency-building techniques such as importing PowerPoint files, branching to multiple movies, and creating a useful “stub” projector
Hardware/Software Requirements
You will need
- At least 64 megabytes (MB) of Random Access Memory (RAM).
- At least 50 MB of free hard-disk space.
- A 200 MHz or faster Intel Pentium processor.
- Windows 95, 98, NT (version 4.0), or 2000.
- A 256-color (or higher) monitor capable of at least 800 x 600 resolution.
- A CD-ROM drive.
- An Internet connection.
- Macromedia Director 8.5.
Performance-Based Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Plan a Director movie and import PowerPoint presentations for use in Director.
- Add navigation controls to a Director movie.
- Utilize Director's scripting language—Lingo—to manipulate elements of a movie.
- Write Lingo scripts that can control the motion of sprites.
- Manage data collected by viewers who interact with a Director movie.
- Prepare a movie for distribution to end users.
Course duration
1 Day
Macromedia Training Course outline
Lesson 1: Planning & Importing Media
- Topic 1A: Planning the Movie
- Topic 1B: Importing from PowerPoint
- Topic 1C: Optimizing Images
Lesson 2: Adding Navigation
- Topic 2A: The Tempo Channel's Playback Control
- Topic 2B: Working with Images
- Topic 2C: Using Behaviors for Navigation
Lesson 3: Lingo Scripting Concepts
- Topic 3A: Lingo as a Language
- Topic 3B: Mechanics
- Topic 3C: Lingo Keywords and Vocabulary
- Topic 3D: Putting It Together
Lesson 4: Real-world Lingo Scripting
- Topic 4A: Planning Scripts Based on Objectives
- Topic 4B: Navigation Scripts
Lesson 5: Data Management Using Lists
- Topic 5A: Creating Radio Buttons and Checkboxes
- Topic 5B: Lists, Symbols, and the onStartup Handler
- Topic 5C: The Watcher, Message, and Debugger Windows
- Topic 5D: Creating Loops and Calling Custom Handlers
Lesson 6: Preparing for Distribution
- Topic 6A: Embedding Fonts for Distribution with a Movie
- Topic 6B: Branching to Other Movies
Appendix A: Lingo Keywords
- Reference Table of Lingo Keywords
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