Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio The Complete Reference

Name: Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio The Complete Reference
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ISBN: 9780072194098

ISBN-10: 007219409X

ISBN-13: 9780072194098

Edition: 2002

Authors: David Mennenoh

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David Mennenoh quickly leads readers from beginning-level tasks to full coverage of Lingo, the programming language of Director. Each chapter includes a short tutorial-based example that sums up what the reader has learned in the chapter.

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Publication date: 1/18/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 662
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Quick Tour


The IDE


The Toolbar


Supporting Windows


Preferences


The Help System


Summary



Getting Started


Director Is an Animation Package


Creating a Cast Member


Using Sprites


Creating Score Animation


Adding Sound


Adding a Transition


Using the Marker Channel


Using the Tempo Channel


Summary



Your First Presentation


The Basic Corporate Presentation


Creating the Projector


Summary



A Deeper Look into Director


Saving Your Movies


Exporting from Director


Creating Projectors


Director's Preferences


Sprite Helpers


More on the Score


Working with Casts


Summary



An Introduction to Lingo


A Word on Dot Syntax


The Ubiquity of Lingo


Events, Messages, and Handlers


Types of Scripts


Changing Script Types


Attaching Scripts


Tutorial: The Button Behavior


Summary



Intermediate Lingo


Operators and Precedence


Variables


Decision Making


Looping


Writing Behaviors


User Input


User Feedback


Tutorial: Ballistic Motion Simulator


Summary



Introducing Shockwave 3D


Director's Evolution


The 3D World


Primitives


Modifiers


3D Text


From 2D to 3D


Havok


The Shockwave 3D Window


Tutorial: Your First 3D World


Summary



Multimedia in Director


Bitmaps


Custom Cursors


Digital Video


Using Sound


Using Flash Members


Summary



Lists and Strings


Lingo Lists


String Handling


Tutorial: A Simple Lingo Database


Summary



MIAWs, LDMs, and Film Loops


MIAWs


Linked Director Movies


Film Loops


Summary



Shockwave 3D: Beyond the Basics


Polling the Hardware


The Skybox


Textures and Shaders


Making Objects Face the Camera


Modifiers


Particle Systems


Picking 3D Models with a 2D Mouse


Overlays and Backdrops


3D Pong


Summary



Director and the Internet


The Net Support Xtras


The Multiuser Server


Summary



Tools for the Developer


MIAW Xtras


Keeping a Code Library


Debugging Tools


The Debugger


The Trace Commands


The .INI File


Summary



Xtra, Xtra, Read All About It!


Using Xtras


Including Xtras in Shockwave


Director's Included Xtras


Third-Party Xtras


Free Xtras


Xtra Error Checking


Getting Started Writing Xtras


Summary



Menus


Director's Menus


Menu Xtras


Creating a Custom Menu Behavior


Pop Menu 2.1


Summary



Printing


File Print


Printing from Lingo


Other Printing Methods


Summary



Advanced Lingo Topics


OOP Basics


Imaging Lingo


Summary



Distributing Your Work


Creating Projectors


Projector Customization


Distribution Formats


Licensing Issues


Installing Your Software


Summary



Other Resources


Director Web Sites


Newsgroups


Mailing Lists


User Groups


Search Engines


Un-Lingo Programming


Summary



Tips and Tricks


One Frame Movies


Fun in the Score


Numbers


Imaging and Color


Lists


Pre-Initializing Global Variables


Projector Command Line Arguments


Removing Linefeeds in Text Files


Using the itemDelimiter


Cursor Hiding


Network/Internet


Shockwave Audio


MIAWs


Speeding Up Flash


Problems with File Extensions and preloadNetThing


Calculating Frames per Second


Using randomSeed



Keyboard Shortcuts


Movie Shortcuts


Interface Shortcuts


Stage Shortcuts


Playback Shortcuts


Sprite Shortcuts



Formulas, Conversions, and Measurements


Astronomical Measurements


Conversion Equivalents


Geometry


Trigonometry


Weights and Measures


Other Useful Stuff


Index